Use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies and interventions among community health workers globally: a scoping review

J Early, C Gonzalez, V Gordon-Dseagu… - Health promotion …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
There is mounting evidence to show that community health workers (CHWs) play a positive
role in improving population health by connecting people to information, resources, and …

The role of gender power relations on women's health outcomes: evidence from a maternal health coverage survey in Simiyu region, Tanzania

HM Garrison-Desany, E Wilson, M Munos… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Gender is a crucial consideration of human rights that impacts many priority
maternal health outcomes. However, gender is often only reported in relation to sex …

Equity for health delivery: Opportunity costs and benefits among Community Health Workers in Rwanda

JM Schurer, K Fowler, E Rafferty, O Masimbi, J Muhire… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role delivering health services to vulnerable
populations in low resource settings. In Rwanda, CHWs provide village-level care focused …

Factors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

A Twineamatsiko, N Mugenyi, YN Kuteesa… - Human Resources for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Health worker retention in remote and hard-to-reach areas remains a threat in
most low-and middle-income countries, and this negatively impacts health service delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Why lockdown? Why national unity? Why global solidarity? Simplified arithmetic tools for decision-makers, health professionals, journalists and the general …

GF Killeen, SS Kiware - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
As every country in the world struggles with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential
that as many people as possible understand the epidemic containment, elimination and …

Community-based hearing and vision screening in schools in low-income communities using mobile health technologies

M Manus, J van der Linde, H Kuper, R Olinger… - Language, speech, and …, 2021 - ASHA
Introduction Globally, more than 50 million children have hearing or vision loss. Most of
these sensory losses are identified late due to a lack of systematic screening, making …

Task-shifting directly observed treatment and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis injection administration to lay health workers: stakeholder perceptions in rural Eswatini

E Peresu, JC Heunis, NG Kigozi… - Human resources for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Eswatini is facing a critical shortage of human resources for health (HRH) and
limited access to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment in rural areas. This …

Job satisfaction and turnover of the first group of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students in Guangxi, China: a mixed-method study

W Chen, W Xu, Y Chen, C Xu, J Zheng, Y Zou… - BMC Primary Care, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2010, China launched a rural-oriented tuition-waived medical
education (RTME) programme to train more general practitioners (GPs) to meet the needs of …

A novel approach to frontline health worker support: a case study in increasing social power among private, fee-for-service birthing attendants in rural Bangladesh

D Curry, MA Islam, BK Sarker, A Laterra… - Human Resources for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Expanding the health workforce to increase the availability of skilled birth
attendants (SBAs) presents an opportunity to expand the power and well-being of frontline …

Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers' preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance …

N Nyanja, N Nyamu, L Nyaga, S Chabeda… - Human Resources for …, 2021 - Springer
Background A significant shortage of healthcare workforce exists globally. To achieve
Universal Healthcare coverage, governments need to enhance their community-based …