Authors: Brynne Gilmore, Eilish McAuliffe
Community Health Workers are widely utilised in low- and middle-income countries and may be an important tool in reducing maternal and child mortality; however, evidence is lacking on their effectiveness for specific types of programmes, specifically programmes of a preventive nature. This review reports findings on a systematic review analysing effectiveness of preventive interventions delivered by Community Health Workers for Maternal and Child Health in low- and middle-income countries.Community Health Workers were shown to provide a range of preventive interventions for Maternal and Child Health in low- and middle-income countries with some evidence of effective strategies, though insufficient evidence is available to draw conclusions for most interventions and further research is needed.
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness/IMCI, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Prevention
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2013
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Country: Global
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