To support quality CHW program design and implementation, USAID, UNICEF, the Community Health Impact Coalition, and Initiatives Inc. have updated and adapted the Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM) Program Functionality Matrix tool. This tool can be applied at district, regional, and national levels to identify and close gaps in design and … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM): Updated Program Functionality Matrix for Optimizing Community Health Programs
Benin
The Community Health Systems (CHS) Catalog
The Community Health Systems (CHS) Catalog is a one-stop ‘shop’ for information on community health policies and programs across 25 countries, including extensive information on CHWs. Developed in 2014 and updated in 2017, it provides policymakers, program managers, researchers and donors with policy data to advance community health research, programming, and advocacy efforts. … [Read more...] about The Community Health Systems (CHS) Catalog
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

