Objective To provide cost guidance for developing a locally adaptable and nationally scalable community health worker (CHW) system within primary-health-care systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods The yearly costs of training, equipping and deploying CHWs throughout rural sub-Saharan Africa were calculated using data from the literature and from the Millennium Villages … [Read more...] about Deployment of community health workers across rural sub-Saharan Africa: financial considerations and operational assumptions
Qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia – Report on findings from Nigeria
The report is based on UNICEF's three country qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia. The study had three main objectives: To access perceptions and experiences of childhood malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia and associated care-seeking and treatment (non-)uptake. To determine the … [Read more...] about Qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia – Report on findings from Nigeria