The global prevalence of diabetes has been rising steadily since the 1980s and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling to manage the epidemic. This article looks at a clinical decision support smartphone app designed to provide support to community health workers in rural Guatemala . The app aids with lay help community health workers manage diabetes among … [Read more...] about Empowering Community Health Workers With Mobile Technology to Treat Diabetes
Qualitative assessment of facilitators and barriers to HIV programme implementation by community health workers in Mopani district, South Africa
South Africa has implemented a community-based HIV programme (CBHP) as part of its strategy to re-engineer its primary healthcare (PHC) delivery systems. This article consists of insights gathered from focus group discussions with community health workers (CHWs) and PHC nurses in order to understand the barriers and facilitating factors related to successful implementation of … [Read more...] about Qualitative assessment of facilitators and barriers to HIV programme implementation by community health workers in Mopani district, South Africa
Setting the global research agenda for community health systems: literature and consultative review
Post the recent Astana Declaration, there has been a renewed interest in building momentum for strengthening community health systems. This review proposes a global research agenda to improve community health worker programs. … [Read more...] about Setting the global research agenda for community health systems: literature and consultative review
The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) constitute a large portion of the disease burden in poor and disenfranchised populations in sub-Saharan Africa. This article looked to combine recent relevant literature on the impact of nurses and community health workers on managing NTDs. … [Read more...] about The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
The everyday political economy of health: community health workers and the response to the 2015 Zika outbreak in Brazil
This article looks at the daily political economy of health with focus on four primary pillars: power, agency, intersectionality and the mutual implication of global and local. This framework is used to assess the role of community health workers in bridging the gap between health systems and vulnerable groups in the 2015 Zika outbreak in Brazil. … [Read more...] about The everyday political economy of health: community health workers and the response to the 2015 Zika outbreak in Brazil