HRH Global Resource Center - Community Interventions

Engaging Communities for Increasing Immunisation Coverage: What Do We Know?

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:05:51 +0000

The scoping paper focuses primarily on interventions and policies that lie at the intersection of immunisation and community engagement approaches. [from abstract]

Identifying Approaches and Tools for Evaluating Community-Based Medical Education Programmes in Africa

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:28:38 +0000

This article outlines the process of identifying tools that, with modification, could assist in the evaluation of Community-Based Education programmes in participating Medical Education Partnership Initiative schools, funded by PEPFAR.

State of the Social Service Workforce 2015 Report: A Multi-Country Review

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:47:53 +0000

This report sheds light on key social service workforce data and trends in 2014, showcases innovative and effective workforce strengthening initiatives, and highlights the impact of a lack of data in this fairly new area
of focus. This first annual report is envisioned as a first step among many other global, regional, and national
efforts to better describe, depict, and analyze efforts to strengthen the social service workforce. [from executive summary]

Global Evidence on Inequities in Rural Health Protection: New Data on Rural Deficits in Health Coverage for 174 Countries

Mon, 04 May 2015 17:34:36 +0000

This paper presents global estimates on rural/urban disparities in access to health-care services. The report uses proxy indicators to assess key dimensions of coverage and access involving the core principles of universality and equity. Based on the results of the estimates, policy options are discussed to close the gaps in a multi-sectoral approach addressing issues and their root causes both within and beyond the health sector. [from abstract]

Supporting Close-to-Community Providers Through a Community Health System Approach: Case Examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:49:28 +0000

Close-to-community (CTC) providers, including community health workers or volunteers or health extension workers, can be effective in promoting access to and utilization of health services. Tasks are often shifted to these providers with limited resources and support from CTC programmes or communities. Two cases are presented. [from abstract]

Primary Health Care Expectations and Reality in Bangladesh: A Sociological Analysis of the Selected Two Rural Areas

Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:33:20 +0000

This research deals with the expectations and reality of primary health care in Bangladesh and focuses on different
Government and NGOs health care situation in rural areas. [from abstract]

The Role of Social Service Workforce Development in Care Reforms

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:25:06 +0000

This working paper explores the topic of social service workforce strengthening as it relates to child care reform. It is intended to be a useful resource for reform efforts and a practical and accessible overview for use by policy-makers, practitioners, and service providers in contexts that are either considering the implications of care reforms for their social service workforce or are already engaged in the process. The paper illustrates key issues by drawing on the experiences of Indonesia, Moldova, and Rwanda, three countries in the process of reform. [from

Using the Lives Saved Tool as Part of Evaluations of Community Case Management Programs

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:08:01 +0000

Integrated community case management (iCCM) has been recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce mortality among children in populations with limited access to facility–based health care providers. Although many countries have introduced iCCM, interpretation of the impact is difficult due to many other activities occurring in the community. This paper suggests a method for using the Lives Saved Tool to model the independent impact of iCCM on child mortality. [from abstract]

Modeling Potential Reduction of Child Mortality After National Scale-Up of Community-Based Treatment of Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:04:25 +0000

Since 2010, 28,000 female health extension workers (HEWs) received training and support to provide integrated community based case management (iCCM) of childhood pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and severe malnutrition in Ethiopia. We conducted a modeling exercise using two scenarios to project the potential reduction of the under five mortality rate due to the iCCM program in the four agrarian regions of Ethiopia. [from abstract]

National Scale-Up of Integrated Community Case Management in Rural Ethiopia: Implementation and Early Lessons Learned

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:31:09 +0000

In 2010, Ethiopia added pneumonia to diarrhea, malaria and severe acute malnutrition, targeted for treatment in the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy. This article describes the national scale-up of iCCM implementation and early lessons learned. [from abstract]