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Ward-based primary health care outreach teams in South Africa: developments, challenges and future directions
(Health Systems Trust, 2018)
In 2011, South Africa adopted the Ward-based Primary Health Care Outreach
Team (WBPHCOT) Strategy. The WBPHCOTs are made up of generalist community
health workers (CHWs) supported by nurse team leaders, and linked to ...
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
(BMC, 2017)
The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance
in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative ...
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 ...
Assessing geographical inequity in availability of hospital services under the state-funded universal health insurance scheme in Chhattisgarh state, India, using a composite vulnerability index
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Background: Countries are increasingly adopting health insurance schemes for achieving
Universal Health Coverage. India’s state-funded health insurance scheme covers hospital care
provided by ‘empanelled’ private and ...
Patterns of authorship on community health workers in low-and-middle-income countries: an analysis of publications (2012–2016)
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Studies of authorship provide a barometer
of local research capacity and ownership of research,
considered key to defining appropriate research priorities,
developing contextualised responses to health ...
Addressing social determinants of health in South Africa: the journey continues
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
With the recent change from the Millennium Development Goals to
the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, the focus of the global
development agenda is expanding: there is attention on a broader set of
social determinants ...
Monitoring and evaluation of sports as a tool in HIV/AIDS awareness programmes: Experiences of five selected Non- Governmental Organisations in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)
Sport has increasingly been used as a vehicle for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) awareness programmes, and the use of monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) has become evident in the ...
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ...
The governance of national community health worker programmes in low- and middle-income countries: an empirically based framework of governance principles, purposes and tasks
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018)
BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are increasingly regarded as an integral component of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the interface of the formal health ...
The global pendulum swing towards community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of trends, geographical distribution and programmatic orientations, 2005 to 2014
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: There has been a substantial increase in publications and interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the last years. This paper examines the growth, geographical ...