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For many years, Community Health Care Workers (CHWs) in Tanzania and Africa in general have played significant role in community health promotion. Their specific roles have been changing from time to time. However, their key roles have over time included giving health education and dissemination of
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While motivational factors vary, opportunities for career advancement, stimulating and challenging tasks, opportunities for promotion, and co-worker recognition are core factors that can engender retention of rural health workers. Interventions are required to enhance rural health worker motivation
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This resource provides strategic guidance on integrating social and behavioural change (SBC) content into the training and support of community health workers (CHWs). It includes six adaptable modules that cover key SBC principles and approaches for CHWs, as well as community mobilisation strategies
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In June 2025, 26 incidents affecting humanitarian actors were reported, marking a continued decline from 45 incidents in May and 73 in March. While this downward trend may suggest a temporary easing of direct threats, access constraints remain severe. Notably, there was a significant spike in kidnap
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The WHO Mekong Malaria Elimination programme hosted a two-day workshop in Nha Trang City, Viet Nam, from 31 October to 1 November 2024, gathering representatives from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries of Cambodia, China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand and Viet Nam, as we
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This study investigated occupational risk factors and exposure–response relationships for airway disease among health workers (HWs) exposed to cleaning agents in two tertiary hospitals in South Africa and Tanzania.
Previous studies have demonstrated an association between asthma or respiratory
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As part of efforts to celebrate World Asthma Day (WAD), May 2, 2023, and reduce the burden of asthma in Nigeria, the Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) has advocated education of asthma patients and carers as an integral part of asthma care to achieve optimal control of symptoms and exacerbation.
Social protection programmes in Malawi ensure that those most in need get the essential assistance they require.Social protection programmes help the most vulnerable, including the elderly, ultra-poor, disabled, and children
Hum Resour Health 20, 37 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00735-y.
For countries to achieve universal health coverage, they need to have well-functioning and resilient health systems. Achieving this requires a sufficient number of qualified health workers and this necessitates the importa
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Technical Brief Workforce Development
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The World Health Organization (WHO) projects a global shortfall of 18 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Contributing to the global deficit are chronic under-investment in education and training of health workers; workforce migration; an aging health wo
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This manual is designed to provide comprehensive malaria case management training for health workers at all levels, including clinical, nursing, dispensing, laboratory and records staff. The training covers the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and the treatment of severe malaria. The fiv
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Boîte à outils pour le changement social et comportemental face au paludisme à l'intention des agents de santé communautaires Module 2
Activity Brief.Formative research revealed that gold miners in remote regions of Guyana viewed malaria as an unavoidable and minor risk compared to other dangers. Building on these insights, Breakthrough ACTION co-created the 'Lil Mosquito, Big Problem' (LMBP) social and behavioural change campaign,
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In 2023, Breakthrough ACTION and Guyana’s Ministry of Health refined the 'Lil Mosquito, Big Problem' malaria campaign using human-centred design. Phase II introduced peer-led videos (Miners' Buzz), community champions, incentives for volunteer testers and a transport network to improve supply deli
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An interdisciplinary approach to address global health challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, loss of biodiversity, human migration has been framed by the One Health approach. This approach is promoted at global level by the Tripartite of the World Health Organisation, the World A
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The document titled "Classification and Referral Algorithm – iCCM South Sudan", published by Malaria Consortium in 2012, provides a practical tool for community health workers to assess, classify, and manage common childhood illnesses in South Sudan. It outlines step-by-step procedures for identif
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The document "Classification and Referral Algorithm – iCCM Uganda" (2013) by Malaria Consortium provides a practical guide for community health workers to assess, classify, and manage common childhood illnesses in Uganda. It focuses on key symptoms such as fever, cough, diarrhoea, and danger signs
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This comprehensive reference document is intended for those responsible for training in SMC (Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention). It assumes that SMC will be implemented using the Community Health Worker strategy.
Phiri et al. Human Resources for Health (2017) 15:40
DOI 10.1186/s12960-017-0214-3
