The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion

G Bukhman, AO Mocumbi, R Atun, AE Becker, Z Bhutta… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one
will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 6. Recruitment, training, and continuing education

MJ Schleiff, I Aitken, MA Alam, ZA Damtew… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the sixth of our 11-paper supplement entitled “Community Health
Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Expectations of community health workers (CHWs) have …

Who is a community health worker?–a systematic review of definitions

A Olaniran, H Smith, R Unkels, S Bar-Zeev… - Global health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Community health workers (CHWs) can play vital roles in
increasing coverage of basic health services. However, there is a need for a systematic …

Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline

G Cometto, N Ford, J Pfaffman-Zambruni… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Optimising community health worker (CHW) programmes requires evidence-based policies
on their education, deployment, and management. This guideline aims to inform efforts by …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 5. Roles and tasks

C Glenton, D Javadi, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the fifth of our 11-paper supplement on “Community Health Workers at
the Dawn of a New Era.” When planning new community health worker (CHW) roles or …

The effectiveness of e-& mHealth interventions to promote physical activity and healthy diets in develo** countries: A systematic review

AM Müller, S Alley, S Schoeppe… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Promoting physical activity and healthy eating is important to combat the
unprecedented rise in NCDs in many develo** countries. Using modern information-and …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 4. Programme financing

L Masis, A Gichaga, T Zerayacob, C Lu… - Health research policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the fourth of our 11-paper supplement on “Community Health Workers at
the Dawn of New Era”. Here, we first make the case for investing in health programmes …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era

JM Zulu, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background There is now rapidly growing global awareness of the potential of large-scale
community health worker (CHW) programmes not only for improving population health but …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

S Hodgins, M Kok, D Musoke, S Lewin, L Crigler… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more
attention in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is …

Artificial intelligence for global health

A Hosny, HJWL Aerts - Science, 2019 - science.org
Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated great progress in the detection, diagnosis, and
treatment of diseases. Deep learning, a subset of machine learning based on artificial neural …