This presentation at a Malaria Consortium symposium on improving the diagnosis of pneumonia in children during the 63rd annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on 3-6 November 2014, presents Malaria Consortium's pneunomia diagnostics project and the preliminary findings from the evaluation stage of the project. The presentation includes key considerations and … [Read more...] about Evaluating the accuracy and acceptability of pneumonia diagnostic tools for community health workers in low and middle income countries
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Developing Intervention Strategies: innovations to improve community health worker motivation and performance
During the last decade child mortality has reduced significantly in a number of African countries, largely due to the scale up of appropriate management of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria, three leading causes of death among young children. As a way of increasing access to treatment for sick children, several African countries are investing in community health workers (CHWs) … [Read more...] about Developing Intervention Strategies: innovations to improve community health worker motivation and performance
(Re)Building health systems in West Africa: what role for ICT and mobile technologies?
The aim of the (Re)Building health systems in West Africa: what role for ICT and mobile technologies? meeting at Wilton Park was to understand better the role of ICT and mobile technologies for rebuilding and creating strong health systems in West Africa after the Ebola crisis. The meeting also aimed to identify lessons that could be taken beyond West Africa and used more … [Read more...] about (Re)Building health systems in West Africa: what role for ICT and mobile technologies?
Assessment of the quality of antenatal care services provided by health workers using a mobile phone decision support application in northern Nigeria: A pre/post-intervention study
Nigeria’s maternal mortality ratio is the tenth highest in the world, with an estimated 630 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, and 40,000 maternal deaths annually. There is now a critical need to support Nigeria’s efforts to make significant progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5 target of reducing maternal mortality by 2015 through the government’s … [Read more...] about Assessment of the quality of antenatal care services provided by health workers using a mobile phone decision support application in northern Nigeria: A pre/post-intervention study
Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
World Vision's Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition (ttC) is a comprehensive training course for CHWs, Care Groups and volunteers working in maternal and child health. ttC takes a life-cycle approach, supporting through pregnancy to two years of age, which offers the best opportunity to put children on a path to life-long health. World Vision’s newly released … [Read more...] about Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
