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	Training of community health workers: Cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers Lakhbir Dhaliwal, Vanita Suri, Reshmi Bagga et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO View PDF(1742) Download (1096) Add to my MEDBOX Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly 200 000 new cases of cervical cancer occurred in SEA Region Member States in 2008, giving an incidence of almost 25 per 100 000 and a mortality rate of almost 14 per 100 000. Cervical cancer can be prevented by early screening and vaccination. However, due to poor access to screening and treatment services, the vast majority of these deaths occur in women from nine Member States of the South-East Asia Region which account for more than one third of the global burden of cervical cancer Tags: Cervical Cancer, cancer care, Training, community care, community level, NCD, womens health, Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665
	2 million African community health workers - Harnessing the demographic dividend, ending AIDS and ensuring sustainable health for all in Africa UNAIDS (2017) CC View PDF(28) Download (15) Add to my MEDBOX This report makes the case for a major new initiative—to rapidly recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers in Africa. Drawing on a vast body of evidence and substantial regional experience, the report shows how community health workers save lives and improve quality of life and how investments in community health workers effectively harness the demographic dividend, reduce gender inequality and accelerate economic growth and development. Indeed, the benefits of community health workers stretch from one end of the Agenda for Sustainable Development to the other Tags: community health workers, community, Africa, regional experience, healthcare, quality of life, sustainable development, Source: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/fil
	Motivating and demotivating factors for community health workers: a qualitative study in urban slums of Delhi, India Mathew Sunil George, Shradha Pant, Niveditha Devasenapat, et al. (2017) C_WHO View PDF(840) Download (604) Add to my MEDBOX WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, April 2017, 6(1) 8 pp. 211 kB Tags: India, community level, community health, community workers, Human resources, Source: http://www.searo.who.int/publications/jo
	Community Health Worker Programmes in the WHO African Region: evidence and options - policy brief Nana Twum Danso, Uta Lehmann, Jennifer Nyoni et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO View PDF(820) Download (402) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: community level, community workers, community health work, community care, primary health care, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/1066
	Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa J.-W. De Neve; H. Garrison-Desany; K. G. Andrews; et al. PLOS Medicine (2017) CC Open external link (312) Add to my MEDBOX Research Article PLOS Medicine \| https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002374 August 8, 2017 Tags: HIV, community workers, southern africa, study, Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a
	Community health workers, recipients’ experiences and constraints to care in South Africa – a pathway to trust Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Jane Goudge & Lenore Manderson AIDS Care Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV (2016) CC View PDF(920) Download (445) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: community health workers, community based organisations, primary health care, District Health, District Health Services, South Africa, access to care, narratives of care, CHW, primary care, poor communities, healthcare provider, health recipient, poor access to health care, barriers to care, integrated health care, Policy, social determinants of health, Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1
	The value of the community health worker in the South African health care system Kirsten Thomson South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) (2016) C2 View PDF(504) Download (279) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: South Africa, health care system, social support, CHW, health cadres, primary health care, Public health, Source: https://sacemaquarterly.com/wp-content/u
	Community Health Workers in Sub Saharan Africa Hannah Faal, Rènée du Toit, Henrietta Monye, Ronnie Graham IAPB Africa (2016) CC View PDF(1111) Download (2050) Add to my MEDBOX A booklet on how CHWs were addressing eye health across Africa based on desk research and a survey in 23 countries Tags: community workers, community health, Eye Care, Source: https://iapblive.blob.core.windows.net/r
	Care Groups: A Reference Guide for Practitioners The Technical and Operational Performance Support Program (2016) CC View PDF(24) Download (16) Add to my MEDBOX This guide assumes the reader already has a general understanding of the Care Group methodology. It is highly recommended that all Care Group implementers familiarize themselves with the contents of theCare Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design and Implementation,and, ideally,to participate in an in-person training on Care Groups, before commencing Care Group activities. This guide is meant to serve as a companion to the Care Group Training Manual; and additional details on all topics covered in this guide are provided in the Training Manual. This guide may also be used by program evaluators, as a means to assess the extent to which Care Groups were implemented in accordance with theevidence-based model and their potential contribution to program outcomes Tags: care group, guide, activities, evaluation programms, Source: https://caregroupinfo.org/wp-content/upl
	Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2015) CC Open external link (1550) Add to my MEDBOX Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers Tags: community workers, community health work, e-learning, Source: https://www.coursera.org/course/commheal

93 records

93 records