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Leadership and governance of community health worker programmes at scale: a cross case analysis of provincial implementation in South Africa
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are returning to favour as an integral part of
primary health care systems, often on the back of pre-existing community based initiatives. There are ...
The ‘community’ in community case management of childhood illnesses in Malawi
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2016)
: Malawi has achieved a remarkable feat in reducing its under-5 mortality in time to meet its
MDG 4 target despite high levels of poverty, low female literacy rates, recurrent economic crises, a severe
shortage of human ...
Is the Alma Ata vision of comprehensive primary health care viable? Findings from an international project
(Co-Action Publishing, 2014)
BACKGROUND: The 4-year (2007 2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www.
globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 ...
Whole-system change: case study of factors facilitating early implementation of a primary health care reform in a South African province
(BioMed Central, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Whole-system interventions are those that entail system wide changes in goals, service delivery arrangements and relationships between actors, requiring approaches to implementation that go beyond projects or ...
The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being recognised as a crucial part of the health workforce in South Africa and other parts of the world. CHWs have taken on a variety of roles, including community ...
Maternal and neonatal implementation for equitable systems. A study design paper
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Evidence on effective ways of improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes
is widely available. The challenge that most low-income countries grapple with is
implementation at scale and sustainability.
OBJECTIVES: ...
Comparing a paper based monitoring and evaluation system to a mHealth system to support the national community health worker programme, South Africa: an evaluation
(BioMed Central, 2014)
BACKGROUND: In an attempt to address a complex disease burden, including improving progress towards MDGs 4 and 5, South Africa recently introduced a re-engineered Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy, which has led to ...
The challenges of reshaping disease specific and care oriented community based services towards comprehensive goals: a situation appraisal in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Similar to other countries in the region, South Africa is currently reorienting a loosely structured and
highly diverse community care system that evolved around HIV and TB, into a formalized, comprehensive and
integrated ...
The translation and cultural adaptation of patient-reported outcome measures for a clinical study involving traditional health providers and bio-medically trained practitioners
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2010)
This study reports on the cultural and language translation of measures for use with Zulu speakers in South Africa. The translation process was purposefully used to integrate our diverse 14 person study team by employing ...