Agents de Santé Communautaire (ASCs) and Relais serve as the backbone of the Niger community health workforce. They provide a breadth of health services, including family planning, health promotion, and distribution of protective equipment like insecticide-treated bed nets. Between 1990 and 2019, their efforts contributed to a 74% decrease in death among children under … [Read more...] about Niger’s Program of Agents de Santé Communautaire and Relais Volunteers
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Nepal’s Community Health Worker System
52,000 Female Community Health Volunteers serve as part of the Nepali community health workforce. These part-time volunteers primarily support health education, counseling, outreach, and resource distribution. Each volunteer receives counseling, supplies, and other resources from their respective health center on a monthly basis. Their cumulative efforts have contributed to … [Read more...] about Nepal’s Community Health Worker System
Myanmar’s Community-Based Health Workers
Myanmar hosts a wide range of community health workers, including Malaria and TB Volunteers, Maternal Health Workers, and Village Health Workers. The government has invested significant resources into strategic planning to ensure that these workers cover the country’s most pressing public health challenges. Training length and intensity and the type of supervision varies based … [Read more...] about Myanmar’s Community-Based Health Workers
Mozambique’s Agentes Polivalentes Elementares
CHWs in Mozambique are equipped with a range of skills to provide integrated community case management for Mozambicans. Following an 18-week training period, each CHW provides care for as many as 2,000 inhabitants in communities situated up to 25 kilometers from health facilities. In response to exceptional program accomplishments, the Mozambican government adopted the goal of … [Read more...] about Mozambique’s Agentes Polivalentes Elementares
Malawi’s Community Health Worker Program
Prompted by supply chain and health quality constraints, in 2017 Malawi launched the National Community Health Strategy to develop a workforce capable of providing lifesaving interventions for serious childhood illnesses and educating about disease prevention. Health Surveillance Assistants receive 12 weeks of training to provide comprehensive services, including services such … [Read more...] about Malawi’s Community Health Worker Program