The role of ‘hidden’ community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa

The role of ‘hidden’ community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa

Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a particular configuration, that deserves closer scrutiny. We identified a two-tie...

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Main Authors: Natalie Leon, David Sanders, Wim Van Damme, Donela Besada, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Nicholas P. Oliphant, Rocio Berzal, John Mason, Tanya Doherty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-03-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
community-based care
community volunteers
sub-Saharan Africa
developing countries
child mortality
population health
global health
health systems
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/27214/pdf_41

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