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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 ...
Challenges facing successful scaling up of effective screening for cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Mexico and South Africa: Policy implications
(iMED, 2016)
The integration of community health workers (CHWs) into primary and secondary
prevention functions in health programs and services delivery in Mexico and South
Africa has been demonstrated to be effective. Task-sharing ...
HIV/AIDS competent households: Interaction between a health-enabling environment and community-based treatment adherence support for people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
In the context of severe human resource shortages in HIV care, task-shifting and especially
community-based support are increasingly being cited as potential means of providing
durable care to chronic HIV patients. ...