The missing piece: quality in community health programmes

Lilian Otiso; Githinji Gitahi; Bejoy Nambiar; Meghan Bruce Kumar; Vicki Doyle

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30538-2

The missing piece: quality in community health programmes

Lilian Otiso
, Githinji Gitahi
, Bejoy Nambiar
, Meghan Bruce Kumar
, Vicki Doyle

International Public Health

LVCT Health
Amref Health Africa
University College London
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Capacity Development International

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Abstract

The recent WHO guidelines for optimising community health worker (CHW) programmes in health systems (December, 2018) are a welcome addition to the discourse on the contribution of CHWs to universal health coverage (UHC). These guidelines formalise the view that CHWs are a core component of expanding access to health care, while recognising that CHWs too often remain sidelined by the general health system. CHWs need to be integrated into the health workforce if the aspiration of UHC is to be realised; however, the overall quality of care delivered by CHW programmes is variable across settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e306
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	7
Issue number	3
Early online date	14 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30538-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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The missing piece: quality in community health programmes

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