This blog was originally posted on the UNFPA website. In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and contagious haemorrhagic disease. By the end of July, the country had surpassed neighbouring Guinea, where the break was first reported, in number of positive cases. The outbreak has spread rapidly through four West African … [Read more...] about Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
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Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress
This post originally appeared on the USAID Frontlines Blog With her 3-month-old son, John, lethargic, feverish and vomiting, Korto Kinne sought help in the remote Sinje resettlers camp in the northwestern corner of Liberia. Musu Kpakar, a community health worker, administers a rapid finger-stick test to see if malaria parasites are present in John’s blood. Because malaria … [Read more...] about Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress
Human-Centered Design and the Last Mile: A collaborative approach to empowering community health workers drives innovation
Despite many challenges, Uganda’s village health teams deliver care to some of the nearly 85 percent of Ugandans who live in remote, hard-to-reach corners of the country, or the “last mile.” During some months, these committed volunteers know that they will have the medicines necessary to treat children dying of pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea. But during others, the teams are … [Read more...] about Human-Centered Design and the Last Mile: A collaborative approach to empowering community health workers drives innovation
CHW Central Top Resources
Having trouble finding reference materials on CHWs? Here is our top 10 List! From time to time, we present the top 10 most read documents in our collection of research papers, best practices, evaluations and case studies. This list spans: CHW motivation and role development; assessment toolkits and training manuals; CCM, malnutrition and nutrition; FP services … [Read more...] about CHW Central Top Resources
Massachusetts Paves the Path to CHW Certification
There are an estimated 3,000 Community Health Workers in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is developing a statewide certification process for CHWs and CHW training programs to recognize and professionalize this cadre; regulations should be available in the fall of 2014. Various stakeholders beyond the state agency are fully involved. CHW … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Paves the Path to CHW Certification
