This training guide focuses on building the capacity of CHWs and volunteers to use counseling cards to promote the health of women and newborns at home through preventive care, identification of problems, and seeking appropriate care. The guide trains CHWs to identify and interact with women of reproductive age, as well as their families, community and religious leaders, and … [Read more...] about A Guide for Training Community Health Workers/Volunteers to Provide Maternal and Newborn Health Messages
Management of sick children by community health workers: intervention models and programme examples
This report examines approaches for the community management of sick children, specifically antimicrobial treatments by CHWs. It is based on an extensive review of literature, including peer reviewed studies, reports, program descriptions and program evaluations. … [Read more...] about Management of sick children by community health workers: intervention models and programme examples
Community-Based Health Workers Can Safely and Effectively Administer Injectable Contraceptives
In an effort to inform future policies and programs, WHO, USAID, and Family Health International (FHI) convened a consultation group on injectable contraceptives and CHWs. The report concludes that CHWs, given appropriate training, can provide contraceptive injectables effectively and that the expanded use of injectable contraceptives by CHWs will provide underserved … [Read more...] about Community-Based Health Workers Can Safely and Effectively Administer Injectable Contraceptives
Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of Community Health Workers
This Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of CHWs was developed by CEDPA to help organizations that provide reproductive health services through the community-based distribution approach, to train their CHWs in reproductive health. The training manual is based on the premise that reproductive health is a fundamental human right and stresses that informed choice, quality of … [Read more...] about Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of Community Health Workers
Selection Tool for Health Extension Workers in Rural India
The ICTPH Guide presents a model for selecting CHWs in rural India, focusing on one woman in each community who reaches out to every family in her village to ensure their wellness through active screening. This paper presents the selection tools for Health Extension Workers (ICTPH Guides) in Rural India. It also recognizes that a carefully selected CHW will have great impact … [Read more...] about Selection Tool for Health Extension Workers in Rural India