Faced with the fourth highest rates of chronic malnutrition globally, Madagascans increasingly rely on the support of CHWs trained in general health or specialized in nutrition-related services. Nutrition-related services include providing education about healthy food choices and cooking strategies as well as treatment for moderate acute malnutrition. Overall, the combined use … [Read more...] about Madagascar’s Community Health Worker Programs
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Liberia’s National Community Health Worker Programs
The health landscape in Liberia emphasizes preventative and curative services. Community Health Assistants surveil emerging challenges to managing issues related to communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, family planning, and other health service needs experienced within local communities. They work in tandem with Community Health Service … [Read more...] about Liberia’s National Community Health Worker Programs
Kenya’s Community Health Volunteer Program
Kenya’s Community Health Strategy aims to provide basic prevention and care services. Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) make home visits and deliver health promotion messages, treat common ailments and illnesses, and establish protocols for Community-Based Maternal and Newborn Health, among others. CHVs are supervised by Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) and operate … [Read more...] about Kenya’s Community Health Volunteer Program
Iran’s Community Health Worker Program
Iran has constructed a thorough network of health houses (Khaneh Behdasht) and health posts, located in rural and urban areas, respectively. CHWs called Moraghebe-Salamat staff each urban health post. CHW duties include providing reproductive healthcare, adult primary health care (PHC), and follow-up care for communicable and non-communicable diseases, including COVID-19. The … [Read more...] about Iran’s Community Health Worker Program
Indonesia’s Community Health Workers (Kaders)
In Indonesia, a Posyandu is a health post established in each village that employs volunteer community health workers known as Kaders. In addition to various other tasks, Kaders conduct monthly welfare sessions at the Posyandus where they provide services such as immunizations, family planning, and nutritional supplements, to name a few. In 2014, the Ministry of Health reported … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Community Health Workers (Kaders)