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

Giorgio Cometto; Nathan Ford; Jerome Pfaffman-Zambruni; Elie A. Akl; Uta Lehmann; Barbara McPake; Madeleine Ballard; Maryse Kok; Maisam Najafizada; Abimbola Olaniran; Onyema Ajuebor; Henry B. Perry; Kerry Scott; Bianca Albers; Aron Shlonsky; David Taylor

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30482-0

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

Giorgio Cometto
, Nathan Ford
, Jerome Pfaffman-Zambruni
, Elie A. Akl
, Uta Lehmann
, Barbara McPake
, Madeleine Ballard
, Maryse Kok
, Maisam Najafizada
, Abimbola Olaniran
, Onyema Ajuebor
, Henry B. Perry
, Kerry Scott
, Bianca Albers
, Aron Shlonsky
, David Taylor

International Public Health

World Health Organization
United Nations Children's Fund
American University of Beirut
University of the Western Cape
University of Melbourne
Community Health Impact Coalition (Germany)
Royal Tropical Institute
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Monash University

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Abstract

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 primary health care and health systems.

The development of this guideline followed the standard WHO approach to developing global guidelines. We

conducted one overview of reviews, 15 systematic reviews (each one on a specific policy question), and a survey of

stakeholders’ views on the acceptability and feasibility of the interventions under consideration. We assessed the

quality of systematic reviews using the AMSTAR tool, and the certainty of the evidence using the GRADE methodology.

The overview of reviews identified 122 eligible articles and the systematic reviews identified 137 eligible primary

studies. The stakeholder perception survey obtained inputs from 96 respondents. Recommendations were developed

in the areas of CHW

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e1397-e1404
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30482-0
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2018

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Cometto, G., Ford, N., Pfaffman-Zambruni, J., Akl, E. A., Lehmann, U., McPake, B., Ballard, M., Kok, M., Najafizada, M., Olaniran, A., Ajuebor, O., Perry, H. B., Scott, K., Albers, B., Shlonsky, A., & Taylor, D. (2018). Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline. The Lancet Global Health, 6(12), e1397-e1404. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30482-0

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