Community Health Workers for ART in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Experience - Capitalizing on New Opportunities


 
Language:

English

Author:

Hermann K et al.

Series/Journal Title:

Human Resources for Health

Volume:

7

Issue:

31

Pages:

19

Description:

Currently, a wide variety of community health workers are active in many antiretroviral treatment delivery sites. This article investigates whether present community health worker programmes for antiretroviral treatment are taking into account the lessons learnt from past experiences with community health worker programmes in primary health care and to what extent they are seizing the new antiretroviral treatment-specific opportunities. [from abstract]

Subject

Geographic Focus

Resource Type