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
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
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
Community-Based Access to Injectables: An Advocacy Guide
This advocacy guide offers a strategy to facilitate the adoption of injectable contraceptives into CHW health service delivery programs. It expands on six steps that advocates can take to push for a policy change that would allow CHWs to provide injectables. … [Read more...] about Community-Based Access to Injectables: An Advocacy Guide
Creating an Enabling Environment for Task Shifting in HIV and AIDS Services: Recommendations Based on Two African Country Case Studies
This is a USAID report of case studies done in Uganda and Swaziland looking at the current policies and approaches to task shifting with regard to HIV/AIDS. The case studies involve interviews and focus group discussions with various health care providers. The report recommends: 1. creating an enabling policy environment for task shifting; 2. integrating task shifting as part … [Read more...] about Creating an Enabling Environment for Task Shifting in HIV and AIDS Services: Recommendations Based on Two African Country Case Studies