Mobile health (mHealth) applications, such as innovative electronic forms on smartphones, could potentially improve the performance of health care workers and health systems in developing countries. However, contextual evidence on health workers' barriers and motivating factors that may influence large-scale implementation of such interfaces for health care delivery is … [Read more...] about Health workers’ experiences, barriers, preferences and motivating factors in using mHealth forms in Ethiopia
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Toward universal coverage in Afghanistan: A multi-stakeholder assessment of capacity investments in the community health worker system
Global efforts to scale-up the community health workforce have accelerated as a result of the growing evidence of their effectiveness to enhance coverage and health outcomes. Reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan integrated capacity investments for community-based service delivery, including the deployment of over 28,000 community health workers (CHWs) to ensure access to basic … [Read more...] about Toward universal coverage in Afghanistan: A multi-stakeholder assessment of capacity investments in the community health worker system
Use of Incentives in Health Supply Chains A Review of Results-Based Financing in Mozambique’s Central Medical Store
To work well, health supply chains require timeliness, accuracy, and reliability at all stages. Even one break in the supply chain—an hours’ delay in delivery—”can have repercussions throughout the system, ultimately determining if families can access life-saving medicines and commodities.” Thus it is crucial that all actors—from procurement specialists to storekeepers and … [Read more...] about Use of Incentives in Health Supply Chains A Review of Results-Based Financing in Mozambique’s Central Medical Store
A Rough Guide to Community Engagement in Performance-Based Incentive Programs: With Lessons from Burundi, Indonesia, and Mexico
This guide aims to help policymakers and program managers assess whether engaging communities makes sense in the context of the performance-based incentive (PBI) programs they support; determine what is the best approach or mechanism for such engagement; and how to mitigate the risks. PBI, as with bottom-up social accountability mechanisms, aims to fix broken accountability … [Read more...] about A Rough Guide to Community Engagement in Performance-Based Incentive Programs: With Lessons from Burundi, Indonesia, and Mexico
Strengthening India’s Public Health Workforce: A Landscape Analysis of Initiatives and Challenges
For India’s public health system to deliver effectively, it is imperative that policymakers place a strategic focus on tackling persistent HRH issues such as chronic shortage of health workers, unbalanced skill mix in the existing health workforce, and inequitable urban-rural distribution of health workers. Taking optimal health care to the farthest corners of the country is … [Read more...] about Strengthening India’s Public Health Workforce: A Landscape Analysis of Initiatives and Challenges
