Cell phones and CHWs: a transformational marriage?

N Supervision, N Best - Global Health, 2014 - ghspjournal.org
Community health workers (CHWs) have a key role to play if we are to achieve our
ambitious goals to reduce child and maternal mortality globally. A wide diversity of CHW …

[HTML][HTML] Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships

MM Afzal, GW Pariyo, ZS Lassi, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in grassroots
healthcare and are essential for achieving the health-related Sustainable Development …

[HTML][HTML] Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 11. CHWs leading the way to “Health for All”

HB Perry, M Chowdhury, M Were, K LeBan… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the concluding paper of our 11-paper supplement,“Community health
workers at the dawn of a new era”. Methods We relied on our collective experience, an …

The Role of Technology in Supporting the Education of Community Health Workers and their Leaders

R Panjabi, LA Long, M Bailey… - Training for Community …, 2021 - books.google.com
Over half the world lacks access to essential health services (WHO, 2019a). Many will never
see a health worker in their entire lives. In rural communities, most of those who do will head …

Community health workers for maternal and child health

L Jarvis, NT LaChance - 2012 - knowledgecommons.popcouncil.org
In this factsheet, the Population Council notes the shortage of trained health professionals in
the developing world; virtually all of sub-Saharan Africa stands below the critical threshold of …

Mind the global community health funding gap

A Gichaga, L Masis, A Chandra… - … Health: Science and …, 2021 - ghspjournal.org
Key Messages Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in bridging the huge
human resources for health gap while providing both essential health services and …

[HTML][HTML] Using mobile phones to improve community health workers performance in low-and-middle-income countries

A Feroz, R Jabeen, S Saleem - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background In low-and-middle-income countries community health workers are the core
component of the PHC system as they act as a liaison between the communities and the …

[PDF][PDF] Community health workers—a local solution to a global problem

P Singh, DA Chokshi - N Engl J Med, 2013 - 1millionhealthworkers.org
In the face of persistently lackluster job creation, the US health sector is paradoxically seen
as both a contributor to torpid macroeconomic growth and a source of local employment …

[HTML][HTML] Community health workers at the dawn of a new era

JM Zulu, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background There is now rapidly growing global awareness of the potential of large-scale
community health worker (CHW) programmes not only for improving population health but …

[PDF][PDF] Strengthening the capacity of community health workers to deliver care for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: technical brief …

World Health Organization - 2015 - apps.who.int
Background In countries where Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5 and 6 are most
lagging, there is a need to accelerate progress to improve the health of women and children …