In just a few days, from 22-24 March, Ministers of Health, health and finance experts, multilateral organizations, community health workers, development agencies and partners, will come together for the 3rd International Community Health Worker Symposium, to push for a better supported and integrated community health workforce. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are people trained … [Read more...] about Advance Community Health Worker Programs to Accelerate the Achievement of Universal Health Care and Primary Health Care: The 3rd International Community Health Worker Symposium
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The BRAC Shasthya Shebika and Shasthya Kormi Community Health Workers in Bangladesh
Background BRAC, or Building Resources Across Communities, was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest non- governmental organizations in the world. It has been a global leader in developing and scaling up community health worker (CHW) programs to serve Bangladesh’s large rural population. More than three decades ago, BRAC trained paramedics modeled on the barefoot doctor … [Read more...] about The BRAC Shasthya Shebika and Shasthya Kormi Community Health Workers in Bangladesh
Universal Health Coverage Day 2018
The achievement of universal health coverage requires the availability of trained health workers at the community level. CHWs are an essential element of the community health workforce; yet, to harness the potential of CHWs to extend health services to poor and marginalized populations, there is an urgent need to optimize CHW programs. In celebration of UHC Day, CHW Central … [Read more...] about Universal Health Coverage Day 2018
Appreciating the critical role CHWs play in the HIV/AIDS response
For World AIDS Day 2018, we want to recognize the critical role that community health workers play in the HIV/AIDS response. Across the globe, CHWs of various kinds—from full-time salaried community health workers to part-time peer educators and mentor mothers—provide services essential to ensurring continuum of care, combating stigma and discrimination, and supporting the … [Read more...] about Appreciating the critical role CHWs play in the HIV/AIDS response
CHWs as gender embedded and transformative agents: effectiveness, decent work and social change
The session Towards a Community Health Worker Gender Action Framework: Implications for Decent Work, Rights and Responsibilities, at the 4th global forum on Human Resources for Health brought together five panelists[i] to share evidence and experience on how gender shapes CHW work and how CHWs can be agents for gender transformation. Through its explicit exploration of gender … [Read more...] about CHWs as gender embedded and transformative agents: effectiveness, decent work and social change