Community health workers and Covid-19: Cross-country evidence on their roles, experiences, challenges and adaptive strategies.

ABSTRACT: Community health workers (CHWs) are a key part of the health workforce, with particular importance for reaching the most marginalised. CHWs' contributions during pandemics have received growing attention, including for COVID-19. This paper contributes to learning about CHWs' experiences during COVID-19, based on evidence from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ethiopia. The paper synthesises evidence from a set of research projects undertaken over 2020-2021. A thematic framework based on the research focus and related literature was used to code material from the reports. Following further analysis, interpretations were verified with the original research teams. CHWs made important contributions to the COVID-19 response, including in surveillance, community education, and

SUBMITTER: Salve S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022071 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature