This Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of CHWs was developed by CEDPA to help organizations that provide reproductive health services through the community-based distribution approach, to train their CHWs in reproductive health. The training manual is based on the premise that reproductive health is a fundamental human right and stresses that informed choice, quality of … [Read more...] about Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of Community Health Workers
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide
This is a resource for trainers developing in-service training for facility-based healthcare providers and CHWs who already have some basic experience with reproductive health and family planning. It is a reference guide to be used by trainers and can be adapted depending on whether trainees are facility-based or community-based. This training will enable providers to … [Read more...] about Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide
Women on the Front Lines of Health Care: State of the World’s Mothers 2010
The focus of this report is on the critical shortage of health workers in the developing world and the urgent need for more female health workers to save the lives of mothers, newborn babies, and young children. This report identifies countries that have invested in training and deploying more female health workers, shows how these women are delivering lifesaving health care to … [Read more...] about Women on the Front Lines of Health Care: State of the World’s Mothers 2010
Retrospective comparative evaluation of the lasting impact of a community-based primary health programme on under-5 mortality in villages around Jamkhed, India
The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) is a community-based program that provides primary care services utilizing village health workers and mobile health teams. The researchers conducted an impact evaluation of CRHP on childhood mortality over the period of September 1992 and December 2007. They concluded that community-based programs such as CRHP can have a lasting … [Read more...] about Retrospective comparative evaluation of the lasting impact of a community-based primary health programme on under-5 mortality in villages around Jamkhed, India
Lay health workers in primary and community health care: A systematic review of trials
This review examines randomized control trials that tested the effectiveness of lay health worker (LHW) interventions on improving Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and addressing key high-burden diseases in low and middle income countries. The authors found that the use of LHWs in health programs showed benefits when compared with standard care in promoting immunization and … [Read more...] about Lay health workers in primary and community health care: A systematic review of trials
