This article examines the performance of South Indian frontline health workers by analyzing their time management and identifying factors that affect their work. Around 6 or 7 hours were spent on any working day, rather than the expected 8 hours. … [Read more...] about Time motion study using mixed methods to assess service delivery by frontline health workers from South India: methods
Monitoring and Evaluation
Limitations on human rights in the context of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A reply to Boggio et al.
Trained community health workers can provide tuberculosis treatment and achieve results comparable to strict hospitalization. … [Read more...] about Limitations on human rights in the context of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A reply to Boggio et al.
Proactive community case management and child survival in periurban Mali
This analysis covers a 7-year interrupted time series that investigated early access to care and under-five morality during a proactive community case management intervention in periurban Mali. Prevalence of febrile illness in children under 5 years went from 39.7% to 22.6% in 7 years. Early antimalarial treatment more than doubled for young children under 5. Under-five … [Read more...] about Proactive community case management and child survival in periurban Mali
Quality improvement practices to institutionalize supply chain best practices for iCCM: Evidence from Rwanda and Malawi
Multiple interventions to improve supply chain practices and access to medical supplies in Malawi and Rwanda were researched. … [Read more...] about Quality improvement practices to institutionalize supply chain best practices for iCCM: Evidence from Rwanda and Malawi
Feasibility and acceptability of training community health workers in ear and hearing care in Malawi: a cluster randomised controlled trial
This cluster randomised controlled trial looked at the ability to train CHWs in Malawi to identify individuals with ear and hearing disorders. The intervention and training were effective and could be scaled up to CHWs in other countries. … [Read more...] about Feasibility and acceptability of training community health workers in ear and hearing care in Malawi: a cluster randomised controlled trial
