Case studies in eleven countries including Zambia, Armenia, and Senegal, utilized World Vision’s social accountability approach, Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), to address public service improvement. This approach aims to link community members and organizations with each other and also to link these communities with service providers, local governments, and national policies. … [Read more...] about Changing Lives Through Social Accountability: Case Studies from World Vision’s UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement
Uganda
Estimating the cost of referral and willingness to pay for referral to higher-level health facilities: a case series study from an integrated community case management programme in Uganda
Integrated community case management (iCCM) relies on community health workers (CHWs) managing children with malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and referring children when management is not possible. This study sought to establish the cost per sick child referred to seek care from a higher-level health facility by a CHW and to estimate caregivers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a … [Read more...] about Estimating the cost of referral and willingness to pay for referral to higher-level health facilities: a case series study from an integrated community case management programme in Uganda
Acceptability and trust of community health workers offering material and newborn health education in rural Uganda
When trusted, Community Health Workers (CHWs) can contribute to improving maternal and newborn health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries through education. Issues of acceptability of CHWs by communities were explored through experiences gained in a qualitative study that is part of a cluster randomized trial in East Uganda. Initially, focus group discussions with key … [Read more...] about Acceptability and trust of community health workers offering material and newborn health education in rural Uganda
2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
The 1mCHW Campaign’s 2014 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Campaign’s work and identified next steps and key priorities for 2015. … [Read more...] about 2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
It’s all in the detail: developing effective health-related job aids
Malaria Consortium has had extensive experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of job aids. An integral part of our work is to strengthen capacity and improve the performance of health workers to be able to prevent, diagnose, treat and care for groups most at risk of malaria and other communicable diseases. This paper describes Malaria … [Read more...] about It’s all in the detail: developing effective health-related job aids
