This post is co-authored with Sonia Sachs on behalf of the 1 Million CHW Campaign. Public health officials and practitioners from around Africa and from international public and private organizations, businesses, and universities, met in Accra, Ghana June 9-11 to consider ways to scale-up the coverage of high-quality community health worker (CHW) systems in our countries to … [Read more...] about A Call to Scale-Up Community Health Workers
One Million Community Health Workers Campaign Annouces Launch of CHW Profiles
Currently, it is difficult for the global community to assess the state of the world’s community health workers. How many community health workers are out there? Who do they work in partnership with? What services do they offer? How are national programs designed? What are the different components to look at when considering scale-up? In an attempt to answer some of these … [Read more...] about One Million Community Health Workers Campaign Annouces Launch of CHW Profiles
Valuing and Sustaining (or Not) the Ability of Volunteer Community Health Workers to Deliver Integrated Community Case Management in Northern Ghana: A Qualitative Study
This study sought to understand the experience of the integrated community case management of childhood illnesses (iCCM) program in Accra and the Northern Region of Ghana from the local UNICEF staff, their partners, researchers, CHWs and others. Results found that both mothers and facility level staff appreciated CHWs efforts to localize the treatment of childhood illnesses. … [Read more...] about Valuing and Sustaining (or Not) the Ability of Volunteer Community Health Workers to Deliver Integrated Community Case Management in Northern Ghana: A Qualitative Study
Improving Maternal and Newborn Health: Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Kenya
This study looked at the effectiveness of CHW projects in rural Kenya that aimed to promote better maternal newborn health knowledge and to increase deliveries under skilled attendance. Some pieces of information that were examined included: relevant demographic items, knowledge about maternal and newborn health, and whether a retrospective birth history of women’s children … [Read more...] about Improving Maternal and Newborn Health: Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Kenya
‘ Trust and teamwork matter ’ : Community health workers’ experiences in integrated service delivery in India
CHW experiences in Orissa, India go beyond the technical aspects of combining different health systems. Teamwork and building trust with the community were found to be pivotal parts of their practice. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) primary health care ideology conflicts with the narrow indicators of health system performance (over reliance on statistical evidence, … [Read more...] about ‘ Trust and teamwork matter ’ : Community health workers’ experiences in integrated service delivery in India