In Madagascar 83% of the country’s 22.9 million people live in rural areas that can be difficult to access. CHWs play a crucial role in providing access to healthcare in those parts of the country that are underserved. Over 34,000 CHWs work to extend basic health services such as maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, nutrition, … [Read more...] about CHW Incentives: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from Madagascar
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programs to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis
The chronic shortage of health workers globally is a major obstacle when trying to provide crucial health care delivery in areas of the world where it is needed the most. A way to approach this issue has been to “task shift” health professional roles to providers such as lay health workers (LHW), a “lay person” that has been trained to provide health services but is not a … [Read more...] about Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programs to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis
Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers
Healthcare workers can be susceptible to work related stress. This may be a result of the high expectations they face in their work place, the absence of social support among colleagues, time restraints, and a lack of resources and training. Occupational stress for healthcare workers has the potential to lead to physical illness, “burnout”, or distress and may become an … [Read more...] about Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers
Community perspectives on the determinants of maternal health in rural southern Mozambique: a qualitative study
Mozambique has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. To effectively address maternal mortality in the post-2015 agenda, interventions need to consider the determinants of health so that their delivery is not limited to the health sector. The objective of this exploratory qualitative study was to identify key community groups’ perspectives on the … [Read more...] about Community perspectives on the determinants of maternal health in rural southern Mozambique: a qualitative study
Health care provider knowledge and routine management of pre-eclampsia in Pakistan
Eclampsia is responsible for one in every ten maternal deaths despite the fact that management of this disease is inexpensive and has been available for decades. Many studies have shown that health care providers in low and middle-income countries have limited training to manage patients with eclampsia. Hence, we aimed to explore the knowledge of different cadres of … [Read more...] about Health care provider knowledge and routine management of pre-eclampsia in Pakistan