Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

Community health worker integration with and effectiveness in health care and public health in the United States

M Knowles, AP Crowley, A Vasan… - Annual review of public …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Community health workers (CHWs) have worked in a variety of settings in the United States
for more than 70 years and are increasingly recognized as an essential health workforce …

Community health workers and health equity in low-and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

S Ahmed, LE Chase, J Wagnild, N Akhter… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely
promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low-and middle-income countries …

Health workers' perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis

WA Odendaal, JA Watkins, N Leon… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Mobile health (mHealth), refers to healthcare practices supported by mobile
devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. Within primary care, health workers often use …

Acesso e cobertura da Atenção Primária à Saúde para populações rurais e urbanas na região norte do Brasil

L Garnelo, JG Lima, ESC Rocha, FJ Herkrath - Saúde em Debate, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Iniquidades de acesso ao Sistema Único de Saúde comprometem a garantia de cuidados
primários de saúde para populações rurais e para outros grupos em situação de …

Os agentes comunitários na Atenção Primária à Saúde no Brasil: inventário de conquistas e desafios

MV Morosini, AF Fonseca - Saúde em debate, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO O artigo analisou a construção do perfil de atuação profissional dos Agentes
Comunitários de Saúde-conhecidos internacionalmente como Community Health Workers …

Community health volunteers could help improve access to and use of essential health services by communities in LMICs: an umbrella review

M Woldie, GT Feyissa, B Admasu… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
A number of primary studies and systematic reviews focused on the contribution of
community health workers (CHWs) in the delivery of essential health services. In many …

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 …

Ongoing training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review of the literature

J O'Donovan, C O'Donovan, I Kuhn, SE Sachs… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Understanding the current landscape of ongoing training for community health
workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is important both for …

The roles of community health workers who provide maternal and newborn health services: case studies from Africa and Asia

A Olaniran, B Madaj, S Bar-Zev, N van den Broek - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction A variety of community health workers (CHWs) provide maternal and newborn
health (MNH) services in low-income and middle-income settings. However, there is a need …