Zambian Community Health Assistants each provide health promotion and disease prevention to a catchment area of 1,750 residents. Assistants attend a year-long training program whereupon finishing they receive equipment and tools to perform their respective roles. Evidence consistently demonstrates the effectiveness and essential nature of these assistants in supporting Zambian … [Read more...] about Zambia’s Community Health Assistant Program
Africa
Uganda’s Village Health Teams Program
Four-member Community Health Worker teams in Uganda provide home visits and health management services for local communities. Limited funding prevents these workers from receiving regular and consistent supervision. However limited their supervision, the impact of each team has enabled the country to achieve reductions in morbidity and mortality among … [Read more...] about Uganda’s Village Health Teams Program
Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Progam
Case Studies of Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs was derived from Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs at Scale: A Reference Guide and Case Studies for Program Managers and Policymakers, edited by Henry Perry, Lauren Crigler, and Steve Hodgins. Originally published in May 2014 by USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health … [Read more...] about Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Progam
Moving from Local to Global: Expanding World Vision’s Impact through Community Health Workers
Background: The rapid scale-up of community health workers (CHWs) has been recognized as a global priority in achieving universal health care in the hardest to reach communities and health workforce crisis settings. A single CHW, well trained and supported, can provide essential basic health services to communities that otherwise would have limited access to healthcare. One … [Read more...] about Moving from Local to Global: Expanding World Vision’s Impact through Community Health Workers
Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
This blog was originally posted on the UNFPA website. In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and contagious haemorrhagic disease. By the end of July, the country had surpassed neighbouring Guinea, where the break was first reported, in number of positive cases. The outbreak has spread rapidly through four West African … [Read more...] about Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone