Learnings From a Pilot Study to Strengthen Primary Health Care Services: The Community-Clinic-Centered Health Service Model in Barishal District, Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community clinics (CCs) staffed by community health workers (CHWs) represent an effort of the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen the grassroots provision of primary health care services and to accelerate progress in achieving universal health coverage. The Improving Community Health Workers (ICHWs) Project of Save the Children piloted a CC-centered health service (CCHS) model that strengthened community and local government engagement, harmonized the work of different CHW cadres who were working in the same catchment area of each CC, and improved the accountability of CHWs and the CC to the local community.

Methods

We describe the process for developing and implementing the CCHS model in 6 unions in Barishal District where the model was piloted and provide som

SUBMITTER: Uddin ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971368 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature