How does context influence performance of Community Health Workers in low and middle income countries? Evidence from the literature

Key note speech on Symposium: Contribution of community health workers in attainment of the sustainable development goals This is a Keynote speech transcript given by our expert Maryse Kok at the Community Health Workers Symposium in Kampala.

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). Many factors influence CHW performance. A systematic review was conducted to identify intervention design related factors influencing performance of CHWs. We systematically searched six databases for quantitative and qualitative […]

A key constraint to saturating coverage of interventions for reducing the burden of childhood illnesses in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) is the lack of human resources. Community health workers (CHW) are potentially important actors in bridging this gap. Evidence exists on effectiveness of CHW in management of some childhood illnesses (IMCI). However, we […]