Authors: MacDowell, Juliet
This success story demonstrates how CHWs can play a crucial role in educating women and families about basic health needs and maternal and newborn care. In Rwanda, the MOH uses CHWs to improve MCH; nearly 12,000 were trained by the US Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) to strengthen their knowledge of emergency obstetric and newborn care and active management of the third stage of labor to improve MCH care.
Link: Saving Women's Lives: Community Health Workers Are Key in Rwanda
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Community Involvement, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Millineum Development Goals/MDG and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Supervision, Training
Resource Type: Case studies
Year: 2013
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Publisher May Restrict Access: No