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Cameroon: Breaking Barriers - Community Health Participatory Action (CoHPA) for prevention and control of malaria in conflict affected communities - a community dialogue approach

Ochieng; D.; and I. Ngoumou (2024) C1

Breaking Barriers is an implementation research project focusing on social and behavioural change. It is conducted in conflict-affected communities in Cameroon. The project explores three innovative, community-based interventions designed to improve ... more

Community Based Volunteers Skills Audit Survey Report

Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Initiative Government of Zambia (2014) CC

This report presents the findings from the Community Based Volunteers Skill Audit Survey that was carried out in 11 districts in Zambia as part of the Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Initiative.

Deinstitutionalization of Psychiatric Care in Latin America and the Caribbean

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

This publication summarizes the facilitators and barriers that will be encountered in the deinstitutionalization process and identifies useful and proven interventions in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Four areas of work are identified with the respective guidelines or suggestions for actio ... more

"Trust and teamwork matter" - Community health workers ' experiences in integrated service delivery in India

Arima Mishra (2014) C1

H2P Community Planning and Response Curriculum. Community Volunteers and Workers

Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative USAID; ICRC; CoreGroup; et al. (2009) CC

Community based Mental health and Psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families (Field test)

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2018) CC

The CB MHPSS operational guidelines were developed in response to emerging evidence on the determinants of children’s resilience, lessons learned from the evaluation of existing approaches, and the unique challenges that today’s crises pose for children’s safety, wellbeing and optimal developm ... more

Planning and implementing palliative care services: a guide for programme managers

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Cost-effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Tuberculosis Control in Bangladesh

Md. Akramul Islam, Susumu Wakai, Nobukatsu Ishikawa, A.M.R. Chowdhury, J. Patrick Vaughan World Health Organization (2002)

Risk Communication and Community Engagement Preparedness and Readiness Framework: Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo in North Kivu

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF; IFRC, et al. (2018) CC

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential part of any disease outbreak response. Risk communication in the context of an Ebola outbreak refers to real time exchange of information, opinion and advice between frontline respon ... more

Palliative Care Competence Framework

AIIPC; The Irish Hospice Foundation, et al. (2014) CC

APCA Standards for Providing Quality Palliative Care Across Africa

African Palliative Care Association (2018) CC

Community Mental Health Practice. Seven essential Features for Scaling up in low- and middle-income Countries

Basic Needs Basic Rights (2009) CC

The seven essential features of practice for scaling up are described with great clarity. They are practical and universal, and encourage local innovation. They include policy, funding and local management structure, as well as working with all possible partners and developing local context adaptati ... more

What Are We Learning About Protecting Children in the Community? An inter-agency review of the evidence on community-based child protection mechanisms in humanitarian and development settings

Mike Wessells Save the Children (2008) CC

How to respond to, mitigate, and prevent risks to children’s protection and well-being is a profound, if unanswered, question. Practitioners agree that it is necessary to develop or strengthen protective factors at multiple levels, such as the family, co ... more

Community health worker models in South Africa: a qualitative study on policy implementation of the 2018/19 revised framework

Murphy, J.P.; A. Moolla, S. Kgowedi et al. Health Policy and Planning (2020) C1

South Africa has a long history of community health workers (CHWs). It has been a journey that has required balancing constrained resources and competing priorities. CHWs form a bridge between communities and healthcare service provision within heal ... more

Improving access to child health services at the community level in Zambia: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013

Aaron M Kipp, Margaret Maimbolwa, Marie A Brault et al. (2017) CC

Health Policy Plan (2017) 32 (5): 603-612; 10 pp. 318 kB

Integrating Sustainable Oral Health Services into Primary Care in School-Based Health Centers: A Framework

National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center (2016) C1

National Guidelines for Home Based Care Services

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2010) C1

Palliative Care for Children

National Institute of Nursing Research (2015) C1

This brochure, available in English and Spanish, provides an overview of pediatric palliative care and answers questions that parents and families may have, such as: How do I know if my child or family needs palliative ... more

Community deployment of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a field guide

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

The document outlines essential steps and provides guidance to countries on the adoption and deployment of c-IPTp so that it is integrated into the existing health system. It draws upon best practices and lessons learned from pilot implementation experiences in eight African countries and targets st ... more

Standards for Providing Quality R Palliative Care Across Africa

African Palliative Care Association APCA (2011) C2

The African Palliative Care Association is pleased to publish the first edition of Palliative Care Standards for Africa. The development of these standards was achieved through wide consultation ... more