Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline

• Main Authors: Giorgio Cometto, MD (Author), Nathan Ford, FRCPE (Author), Jerome Pfaffman-Zambruni, MPH (Author), Elie A Akl, ProfMD (Author), Uta Lehmann, ProfPhD (Author), Barbara McPake, ProfPhD (Author), Madeleine Ballard, PhD (Author), Maryse Kok, PhD (Author), Maisam Najafizada, PhD (Author), Abimbola Olaniran, PhD (Author), Onyema Ajuebor, MBBS (Author), Henry B Perry, MD (Author), Kerry Scott, PhD (Author), Bianca Albers, MSc (Author), Aron Shlonsky, ProfPhD (Author), David Taylor, MIPH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Optimising community health worker (CHW) programmes requires evidence-based policies on their education, deployment, and management. This guideline aims to inform efforts by planners, policy makers, and managers to improve CHW programmes as part of an integrated approach to strengthen prima...