Public health surveillance through community health workers: a scoping review of evidence from 25 low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The last 3 years have witnessed global health challenges, ranging from the pandemics of COVID-19 and mpox (monkeypox) to the Ebola epidemic in Uganda. Public health surveillance is critical for preventing these outbreaks, yet surveillance systems in resource-constrained contexts struggle to provide timely disease reporting. Although community health workers (CHWs) support health systems in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), very little has been written about their role in supporting public health surveillance. This review identified the roles, impacts and challenges CHWs face in public health surveillance in 25 LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework. We exported 1,156 peer-reviewed records from Embase, G

SUBMITTER: Alhassan JAK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature