A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, a global effort is underway to re-focus on strengthening primary health care systems, with emphasis on leveraging community health workers (CHWs) towards the goal of achieving universal health coverage for all. Institutionalizing effective, sustainable community health systems is currently limited by a lack of standard metrics for measuring CHW performance and the systems they work within. Developed through iterative consultations, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in partnership with USAID and UNICEF, this paper details a framework, list of indicators, and measurement considerations for monitoring CHW performance in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods

A review of peer-reviewed arti

SUBMITTER: Agarwal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868857 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature