An Anthropological History of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer Program: Gender, Policy, and Social Change comminit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comminit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global to Local comminit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comminit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Family Context of ASHA and Anganwadi Work in Rural Rajasthan: Gender and Labour in CHW Programmes comminit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comminit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How to Eradicate Polio in Pakistan: Insights from Community Health Workers comminit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comminit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"Policymakers, researchers, and local organizations should adopt local approaches to provide communities both a voice and resources to turn their needs and ideas into action.
"Taking gendered harassment and violence seriously in CHW programmes is critical for research and practice." Globally, most community health workers (CHWs) are women.
Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Now there's a likely U.S. case. Researchers are looking for ways to stop it.
"The success of global initiatives like the GPEI relies heavily on the body work of FLWs so it is critical to reflect on how these individuals, who are largely women, can be supported by their organisations." Frontline workers (FLWs) in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) go door to door delivering oral polio vaccine (OPV) to children.