Community-based maternal and newborn care programs with postnatal home visits from providers who deliver preventive or curative services that save lives have been tested in Bangladesh, Malawi, and Nepal. This paper examines coverage and content of home visits in pilot areas and factors associated with receipt of postnatal visits. Findings show home visits during pregnancy and … [Read more...] about Reaching Mothers and Babies with Early Postnatal Home Visits: The Implementation Realities of Achieving High Coverage in Large-Scale Programs
A Universal Truth: No Health Without A Workforce
This report was commissioned by the Global Health Workforce Alliance Secretariat and the World Health Organization to consolidate the latest information available on human resources for health and inform the global community on how to attain, sustain and accelerate progress on universal health coverage. It was launched at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. … [Read more...] about A Universal Truth: No Health Without A Workforce
Integrating Child Health Services into Malaria Control Services of Village Malaria Workers in Remote Cambodia: Service Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria Management of Caregivers
This study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ use of village malaria workers services for childhood illness and caregivers’ knowledge of malaria management. This paper looks at a program in Cambodia, where village malaria workers (VMW) have been providing malaria control services in remote villages. The study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ VMW … [Read more...] about Integrating Child Health Services into Malaria Control Services of Village Malaria Workers in Remote Cambodia: Service Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria Management of Caregivers
Quality of Sick Child Care Delivered by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi
Malawi’s CCM programme is a promising strategy for increasing coverage of sick child treatment, although there is much room for improvement, especially in the correct assessment and treatment of suspected pneumonia and the identification and referral of sick children with danger signs. However, HSAs provided sick child care at levels of quality similar to those … [Read more...] about Quality of Sick Child Care Delivered by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi
Effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWS) in the Provision of Basic Preventive and Curative Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Interventions: A Systematic Review
This review was designed to find evidence of the effectiveness of CHWs in providing basic preventive and curative MNCH interventions, and to identify the factors that are crucial to their performance. The review looked at relevant English-language articles from 1998-2008 and systematically reviewed 14. The results showed that in 12/14 articles CHWs were effective in reducing … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWS) in the Provision of Basic Preventive and Curative Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Interventions: A Systematic Review