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WASH in Health Care Facilities- Global Baseline Report 2019

World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund (2019) C_WHO

The WHO/UNICEF JMP report, WASH in Health Care Facilities, is the first comprehensive global assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. It also finds that 1 in 5 health care facilities has no sanitation service*, impacting 1.5 billion people. The report further rev... more

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Analysing and using routine data to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on essential health services: practical guide for national and subnational decision-makers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

14 January 2021 This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making. It provides practical recommendations on how to use key performance indicators to analyse changes in access to and deliv... more

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Refugee and migrant health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: assessment tool for response at municipal level in the WHO European Region (2020)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This assessment tool is to support municipalities and local authorities in identifying the risks and vulnerabilities that refugees and migrants face and to identify gaps where possible methods to minimize the impact of the pandemic exist so that they can be prioritized within local policy processes.

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Defining competent maternal and newborn health professionals

World Health Organization WHO; UNFPA; UNICEF; et al. (2018) C_WHO

Background document to the 2018 joint statement by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA: definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth

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Kenya Health Workforce Report: The Status of Healthcare Professionals in Kenya, 2015

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2017) CC

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The role of community health workers in the re-engineering of primary health care in rural Eastern Cape

Karl le Roux, Ingrid M le Roux, Nokwanele Mbewu & Emily Davis South African Family Practice (2015) CC

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

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India National Health Policy 2017

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India (2017) C1

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What are the challenges facing Myanmar in progressing towards Universal Health Coverage?

Phone Myint; Than Tun Sein; Cassels, Andrew World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

Policy Note #1: Myanmar Health Systems in Transition Policy Notes Series
The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. In practice, this means that over the next 15 years the aim is to progressively ensure that all peop... more

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Operational Framework for Primary Health Care - Transforming Vision Into Action

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Primary health care, as outlined in the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata and again 40 years later in the 2018 WHO/UNICEF document A vision for primary health care in the 21st century: towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, is a whole-of-government and whole-of-society a... more

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Governance and Health in Post-Conflict Countries: The Ebola Outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone

International Peace Institute (2016) CC

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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India, 2019-21: Tripura

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2021) CC

March 2021 This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Tripura, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and... more

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Audit Service Sierra Leone: Report on the Audit of the Management of the Ebola Funds

The Audit Service Sierra Leone (2015)

The audit was undertaken in order to ascertain whether allocations and donations received directly by the Government of Sierra Leone, in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease were utilised with due regard to economy and efficiency and that internal controls were observed accordingly. The audit f... more

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Strategic Action Plan for Strengthening Health Information 2017-2021

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports (2017) C1

The vision of the new Strategic Action Plan for Strengthening HIS in Myanmar 2017- 2021 is “A strong health information system for a strong health system”. The mission statement of HIS in Myanmar also developed during the strategic planning exercise is “Generating and making accessible compreh... more

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Nigeria: National Oral Health Policy

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2012) C1

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WHO interim guidance note: health workforce response to the COVID-19 pandemic: April 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This guidance note identifies strategic action for policy-makers and managers at the national, subnational and facility level to address these different challenges.

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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India, 2019-21: Maharashtra

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2021) CC

March 2021 This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Maharashtra, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India... more

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Community health workers in Lesotho: Experiences of health promotion activities

T. Seutloali; L. Napoles; N. Bam African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; AOSIS (2018) C2

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ISSN: (Online) 2071-2936, (Print) 2071-2928

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Improving the quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health: implementation guide for national, district and facility levels

World Health Organization WHO World Health Organization (2022) C_WHO

Implementation guide for national, district and facility levels. This implementation guide contains practical guidance for policy-makers, programme managers, health practitioners and other actors working to establish and implement quality of care (QoC) programmes for maternal, newborn and child ... more