Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships

MM Afzal, GW Pariyo, ZS Lassi, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in grassroots
healthcare and are essential for achieving the health-related Sustainable Development …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 11. CHWs leading the way to “Health for All”

HB Perry, M Chowdhury, M Were, K LeBan… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the concluding paper of our 11-paper supplement,“Community health
workers at the dawn of a new era”. Methods We relied on our collective experience, an …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

S Hodgins, M Kok, D Musoke, S Lewin, L Crigler… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more
attention in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 3. Programme governance

S Lewin, U Lehmann, HB Perry - Health research policy and systems, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) can play a critical role in primary
healthcare and are seen widely as important to achieving the health-related Sustainable …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era

JM Zulu, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background There is now rapidly growing global awareness of the potential of large-scale
community health worker (CHW) programmes not only for improving population health but …

Mind the global community health funding gap

A Gichaga, L Masis, A Chandra… - … Health: Science and …, 2021 - ghspjournal.org
Key Messages Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in bridging the huge
human resources for health gap while providing both essential health services and …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 9. CHWs' relationships with the health system and communities

K LeBan, M Kok, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the ninth paper in our series,“Community Health Workers at the Dawn of
a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermediary position between the …

From community health workers to community health systems: time to widen the horizon?

H Schneider, U Lehmann - Health Systems & Reform, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Community health workers (CHWs) have reemerged as significant cadres in low-and middle-
income countries and are now seen as an integral part of achieving the goal of universal …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 5. Roles and tasks

C Glenton, D Javadi, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the fifth of our 11-paper supplement on “Community Health Workers at
the Dawn of a New Era.” When planning new community health worker (CHW) roles or …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 6. Recruitment, training, and continuing education

MJ Schleiff, I Aitken, MA Alam, ZA Damtew… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the sixth of our 11-paper supplement entitled “Community Health
Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Expectations of community health workers (CHWs) have …