Despite health gains over the past 30 years, children and adolescents are not reaching their
health potential in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition to …

Considerable progress has been made in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality
worldwide, but many more deaths could be prevented if effective interventions were …

Community health workers (CHWs) have a unique position between communities and the
health sector. The strength of CHWs' relationships with both sides influences their motivation …

Background Diarrhea remains a high burden disease, responsible for nine percent of deaths
in children under five globally. We analyzed diarrhea management practices in young …

Ethiopia has scaled up integrated community case management of childhood illness (iCCM)
in most regions. We assessed the strength of iCCM implementation and the quality of care …

Background Several years in advance of the 2015 endpoint for the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), Malawi was already thought to be one of the few countries in sub-Saharan …

Introduction Measurement of effective coverage (quality-corrected coverage) of essential
health services is critical to monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal …

Background This paper explores the extent of community-level stock-out of essential
medicines among community health workers (CHWs) in low-and middle-income countries …

Community health worker (CHW) programmes are currently being scaled-up in sub-Saharan
Africa to improve access to healthcare. CHWs are often volunteers; from an economic …

Objective To develop a composite measure of primary care quality and apply it to Haiti's
primary care system. Methods Using the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative's …