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Community IMCI / Community Case Management: Evaluation Report of Community Health Workers Performance

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This paper was published by the Rwandan Ministry of Health. The main objective of this report is to analyze CHWs' performance in order to inform program expansion. Additional objectives include: 1. review the quality of case management by CHWs; 2. review the quality of drug management; 3. analyze the process and quality of technical supervision received by the CHWs; 4. analyze … [Read more...] about Community IMCI / Community Case Management: Evaluation Report of Community Health Workers Performance

Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of Health Related Millennium Development Goals: A Systematic Review, Country Case Studies, and Recommendations for Integration into National Health Systems

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This report aims to identify CHW programs with positive impacts on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), related to health or otherwise, through a global systematic review undertaken of such interventions, as well as eight in-depth country case studies in SubSaharan Africa (Ethiopia Mozambique and Uganda), South East Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Thailand) and Latin America … [Read more...] about Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of Health Related Millennium Development Goals: A Systematic Review, Country Case Studies, and Recommendations for Integration into National Health Systems

Retention of Community Service Officers for an Additional Year at District Hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces

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This study investigates the motivations of community service (CS) officers to continue to work at the same district hospital for an additional year following their mandatory service. It aims to determine the number of CS officers who remained, the major factors that influenced them to remain, and factors that would encourage more CS officers to stay at the same district … [Read more...] about Retention of Community Service Officers for an Additional Year at District Hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces

Searching for Common Ground on Incentives Packages for Community Workers and Volunteers in Zambia

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This report reflects on an appropriate incentive package for the provision of care at the community level in Zambia. Human resources shortages, international migration, and a high burden of HIV contribute to an over-stretched public health system and the informal and unplanned delegation of service delivery tasks to volunteers operating at community level. Various incentives … [Read more...] about Searching for Common Ground on Incentives Packages for Community Workers and Volunteers in Zambia