Background Community health workers play important roles in rural primary health care
settings. They work within ward-based primary health care outreach teams yet their roles are
not always clearly defined and operationalized. There is thus a need to explore perceptions
about the roles and responsibilities of community health workers. Objective To investigate
the roles, responsibilities and effectiveness of community health workers working within
ward-based primary health care outreach teams. Method A scoping review of the published …

Background Human resource for health (HRH) challenges jeopardise the South African
health system, undermining the efforts made to curb the burden of disease. There is a
demand for a category of health workers, which will meet the basic health needs of people at
the grassroots level to ensure accessible, affordable health care using appropriate
technologies acceptable to the recipients of care. The ward-based primary health care
outreach teams are well placed to provide community-based primary health care services …