Often community health workers (CHWs) are promised incentives for their work, but the complicated, protracted, and at times, insecure process of disbursing funds is demotivating. USAID’s Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) project, with the help of USAID’s mSTAR project implemented by FHI 360, pilot tested a transition from cash to mobile financial services. This reduced … [Read more...] about Mobile Money Improves CHW Incentive Schemes
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Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives Make a Difference
Roughly the size of West Virginia, the Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation covering portions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah and has a population of over 173,000. It is composed of 110 geographic areas, or Chapters, that are the seat of local government. Community Health Representatives (CHRs) are employed by the Navajo Nation’s Division of … [Read more...] about Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives Make a Difference
A New Resource for Developing and Strengthening Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs
The CHW Reference Guide was produced under the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health’s flagship maternal, neonatal and child health project. In response to the rapid increase in and expansion of community health worker (CHW) programs in low-income countries over the past decade, my … [Read more...] about A New Resource for Developing and Strengthening Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs
What Is The Future For Community Health Workers?
I recently attended a symposium entitled “Community Health Workers: Getting the Job Done in Health Care Delivery.” (My concluding remarks begin at the 6:00:40 mark in the video.) Speakers examined the evolving role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the current era of delivery system reform. Health Affairs has published work documenting the importance of this part of the … [Read more...] about What Is The Future For Community Health Workers?
CHWs: Rooted in Their Communities – Day one from the APHA Annual Meeting
Each of the APHA CHW Section sessions that I attended today was well-attended and full of active participation. Most presenters started by saying how inspired they felt to be presenting at the conference and to an audience of their peers. Throughout the day we heard of successes, challenges, integration and training. There were several topics that really seemed to … [Read more...] about CHWs: Rooted in Their Communities – Day one from the APHA Annual Meeting
