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 …

Abstract Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face major workforce challenges while
having to deal with extraordinary high burdens of disease. The effectiveness of human …

The quality of care provided by health systems contributes towards efforts to reach
sustainable development goal 3 on health and well-being. There is growing evidence that …

Results: Evidence suggests that task shifting is an effective strategy for addressing human
resource constraints in healthcare systems in many countries and provides a cost-effective …

Aims and Objectives To review systematically, qualitative literature covering the
implementation of task shifting in sub‐Saharan Africa to address the growing interest in …

Abstract In the United States, the demand for child mental health services is increasing,
while the supply is limited by workforce shortages. These shortages are unlikely to be …

Scalable solutions to treat depression in older adults in low-resourced settings are urgently
needed. The PRODIGITAL-D pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, individually randomized …

Objective One in 20 women are affected by pre-eclampsia, a major cause of maternal and
perinatal morbidity, death and premature birth worldwide. Diagnosis is made from …

Abstract Background In response to Zambia's critical human resources for health
challenges, a number of strategies have been implemented to recruit and retain health …

Background Achieving positive treatment outcomes and patient safety are critical goals of
the healthcare system. However, this is greatly undermined by near universal health …