Implementing Community-based Health Planning and Services in impoverished urban communities: health workers' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Three-quarters of sub-Saharan Africa's urban population currently live under slum conditions making them susceptible to ill health and diseases. Ghana characterizes the situation in many developing countries where the urban poor have become a group much afflicted by complex health problems associated with their living conditions, and the intra-city inequity between them and the more privileged urban dwellers with respect to health care accessibility. Adopting Ghana's rural Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) programme in urban areas is challenging due to the differences in social networks and health challenges thus making modifications necessary. The Community Health Officers (CHOs) and their supervisors are the frontline providers of health in the communi

SUBMITTER: Nwameme AU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859666 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature