Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

Abstract Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, and expected to enhance or embody health system accountability. Dur...

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Main Authors: Marta Schaaf, Jonathan Fox, Stephanie M. Topp, Caitlin Warthin, Lynn P. Freedman, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Kerry Scott, Thoko Maboe, Margareth Zanchetta, Ana Lorena Ruano, Maryse Kok, Svea Closser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Global health
Community health workers
Accountability
Equity
Power relations
Universal health coverage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-018-0781-5

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