1 million community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 382; no. 9889; pp. 363 - 365
• Main Authors: Singh, Prabhjot, Sachs, Jeffrey D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 27.07.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Africa South of the Sahara; Chronic illnesses; Community Health Services - economics; Community Health Services - manpower; Community Health Services - organization & administration; Community Health Workers - organization & administration; Community Health Workers - supply & distribution; Financing, Organized; Health care policy; Health education; Hospitals; Humans; Internal Medicine; Low income groups; Malaria; Population; Supervision; Vector-borne diseases; Workers; Africa South of the Sahara; Sub-Saharan Africa

[...]the report underscored the importance of integrating CHW subsystems into the next generation of primary health-care delivery.5 The UN's Broadband Commission, UNAIDS, Roll Back Malaria, and the MDG advocates are among the groups calling for a massive scaling up of CHWs in sub-Saharan Africa...