Authors: Helga Naburi, Anna Mia Ekström, Phares Mujinja, Charles Kilewo, Karim Manji, Gunnel Biberfeld, David Sando, Guerino Chalamila, and Till Bärnighausen
This paper looks at the potential to shift prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV tasks from nurses to community health workers (CHWs). This study measures the time nurses dedicate to these activities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in order to estimate the potential cost savings of having CHWs take up these tasks. The paper found that task-shifting could allow nurses to focus on more specialized tasks, while reducing the average cost per patient.
Link: The potential of task-shifting in scaling up services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
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Resource Topic: Birth Preparedness, CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness/IMCI, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Nursing, PMTCT, Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Task shifting
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2017
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Tanzania
Publisher May Restrict Access: No