In the face of global health worker shortages, community health workers (CHWs) are an important health care delivery strategy for underserved populations. In Uganda, community-based programs often use volunteer CHWs to extend services, including family planning, in rural areas. This study examined factors related to CHW motivation and level of activity in 3 family planning … [Read more...] about Keeping community health workers in Uganda motivated: key challenges, facilitators, and preferred program inputs
Reproductive Health/Family Planning
Injectable contraception provided by community-based health workers: one important step toward meeting unmet need
Community-based provision of injectable contraception continues to advance and is gaining wider acceptance—a major step toward meeting unmet need. However, fully addressing family planning need will require access to a much wider range of methods, including long-acting reversible contraception and permanent methods. … [Read more...] about Injectable contraception provided by community-based health workers: one important step toward meeting unmet need
Early pregnancy detection by female community health volunteers in Nepal facilitated referral for appropriate reproductive health services
Trained female community health volunteers provided low-cost urine pregnancy tests in their communities, leading to counseling and appropriate referrals for antenatal care, family planning, or comprehensive abortion care. … [Read more...] about Early pregnancy detection by female community health volunteers in Nepal facilitated referral for appropriate reproductive health services
Texting for Maternal Wellbeing: Use of Mobile Phones by CHWs to Offer Family Planning Services
This report summarizes an innovative mobile health application piloted among community health workers (CHWs) and health center staff to improve contraceptive prevalence in Benin’s Toffo and Zè communes. URC's non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, conducted the pilot through the USAID-supported Partnership for Community Management of Child Health (PRISE-C) … [Read more...] about Texting for Maternal Wellbeing: Use of Mobile Phones by CHWs to Offer Family Planning Services
Community Health Workers in Benin Save Lives by Diagnosing Malaria
The Benin Integrated Family Health Project (Projet Intégré de Santé Familiale, PISAF) works to increase access to and improve the quality of family health services. This project report describes how, in remote areas where formal health workers are scarce, PISAF trains volunteer community health workers (CHWs) to provide basic services. These CHWs receive kits and are able to … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers in Benin Save Lives by Diagnosing Malaria
