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Newest firstIn low and middle-income countries (LMICs), community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in delivering primary health care (PHC) services to vulnerable populations. In these settings, they often receive low stipends, function with a lack of basic resources and have little bargaining power with which to demand better working conditions. In this article, we examine CHWs employment status, their struggle for…
Open article record in new tab ↗Due to insufficient number of health workers in low- and middle-income countries, and the evidence of the benefits of community health workers (CHWs), CHWs are being deployed to provide health care services to under-served communities. In this article, we explore to what extent a nation-wide CHW programme in South Africa is attuned to community needs, integrated into the healthcare system and community structures,…
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