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 …

Introduction Community health workers (CHWs) enable marginalised communities, often
experiencing structural poverty, to access healthcare. Trust, important in all patient–provider …

Background: Despite governments striving for responsive health systems and the
implementation of mechanisms to foster better citizen feedback and strengthen …

Background Low–middle-income countries (LMICs) face increasing burdens from non-
communicable disease (NCDs) requiring primary care task shifting to community health …

Background Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing
the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on …

Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are increasingly used to support community health
workers (CHWs) in low-and middle-income countries. As near-peers within their …

Background Despite international evidence supporting community participation in health for
improved health outcomes and more responsive and equitable health systems there is little …

Background Emerging work highlights the potential of community health workers (CHWs) to
promote physical activity (PA) as a part of their role in preventing and managing non …

Community health worker (CHW) performance is influenced by the way in which
management arrangements are configured vis-a-vis the community and health services …

Background The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency
deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic have left an overwhelming impact on communities …