Supervising community health workers in low-income countries–a review of impact and implementation issues

Z Hill, M Dumbaugh, L Benton, K Källander… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important component of
health systems and programs. Despite the recognized role of supervision in ensuring CHWs …

Task Shifting and Task sharing implementation in Africa: a scoping review on Rationale and Scope

SC Okoroafor, CD Christmals - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Numerous studies have reported task shifting and task sharing due to various reasons and
with varied scopes of health services, either task-shifted or-shared. However, very few …

Community‐supported models of care for people on HIV treatment in sub‐S aharan A frica

M Bemelmans, S Baert, E Goemaere… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Further scale‐up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to those in need while supporting
the growing patient cohort on ART requires continuous adaptation of healthcare delivery …

Improving the quality of health information: a qualitative assessment of data management and reporting systems in Botswana

JH Ledikwe, J Grignon, R Lebelonyane… - Health research policy …, 2014 - Springer
Background Ensuring that data collected through national health information systems are of
sufficient quality for meaningful interpretation is a challenge in many resource-limited …

Task shifting in maternal and newborn health care: key components from policy to implementation

B Deller, V Tripathi, S Stender… - … of Gynecology & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Task shifting in various forms has been adopted extensively around the world in an effort to
expand the reach of lifesaving services to the women, newborns, and families who need …

Effectiveness of psychological treatments for depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and …

B Asrat, M Schneider, F Ambaw, C Lund - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Psychological treatments play a significant role in managing depressive
symptoms. However, little is known about the most effective psychological treatments for …

IAPAC guidelines for optimizing the HIV care continuum for adults and adolescents

… Advisory Panel on HIV Care Continuum … - Journal of the …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: An estimated 50% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) globally are unaware of
their status. Among those who know their HIV status, many do not receive antiretroviral …

[PDF][PDF] Stakeholders meeting on maternal interventions vigilance: safety monitoring and surveillance in vaccine and other research settings: Domaine de Penthes …

World Health Organization - 2018 - apps.who.int
Background There is increasing evidence that maternal immunization has the potential to
improve health outcomes for both mothers and their babies. As a number of promising …

What does the literature tell us about health workers' experiences of task‐shifting projects in sub‐Saharan Africa? A systematic, qualitative review

H Mijovic, J McKnight, M English - Journal of clinical nursing, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and Objectives To review systematically, qualitative literature covering the
implementation of task shifting in sub‐Saharan Africa to address the growing interest in …

Should trained lay providers perform HIV testing? A systematic review to inform World Health Organization guidelines

CE Kennedy, PT Yeh, C Johnson, R Baggaley - AIDS care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
New strategies for HIV testing services (HTS) are needed to achieve UN 90-90-90 targets,
including diagnosis of 90% of people living with HIV. Task-sharing HTS to trained lay …