Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

The impact of paid community health worker deployment on child survival: the connect randomized cluster trial in rural Tanzania

This paper presents the results of a non-masked cluster randomized trail conducted in three districts in rural Tanzania. The study looked at the impact of deploying paid community health workers (CHWs) to provide door-to-door services on child survival. The services provided included preventive, promotional and curative antenatal, newborn child and reproductive health … [Read more...] about The impact of paid community health worker deployment on child survival: the connect randomized cluster trial in rural Tanzania

Globally, home visits by community health workers (CHWs) during pregnancy and soon after delivery are recommended to contribute to newborn survival. With the ever-expanding roles of CHWs can health systems ensure sufficient home visit coverage? This study looks at the results of a population-based survey conducted in the Ntcheu district of Malawi. It focuses … [Read more...] about Home visits by community health workers for pregnant mothers and newborns: coverage plateau in Malawi

The effect of different care delivery approaches on health system satisfaction has not been monitored extensively. This article focuses on public satisfaction with regards to a community health worker (CHW) program targeted at maternal care among pregnant women or women who have recently delivered. … [Read more...] about The effect of a community health worker intervention on public satisfaction: evidence from an unregistered outcome in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Combatting maternal mortality is a major public health challenge in Tanzania. This problem persists due to lack of providers, poor quality of care and inaccessibility to care. This analysis looks at the effectiveness of implementing the Lady Health Worker Program (LHWP) across three healthcare facilities in the Ngara district of Tanzania. The analysis involves a comparison of … [Read more...] about Improving Access to Antenatal Care in Ngara, Tanzania Through Implementation of the Lady Health Worker Programme

In countries with a heavy burden of HIV, the demand for healthcare services is often met with a dearth of health workers. This has led to a need for task shifting of lay health workers (LHWs) to improve healthcare delivery. This approach has been particularly successful in the case of maternal and childcare (MCH). This review examines the impact of LHWs in improving health … [Read more...] about Impact of lay health worker programmes on the health outcomes of mother-child pairs of HIV exposed children in Africa: A scoping review