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Robinson Karuga, Ralalicia Limato, Nelly Muturi, Daniel Datiko, Maryse Kok The work of Dr Maryse Kok has brought to the attention that health systems...
Nov 3, 2024
REACHOUT Consortium
2017-present (7 years)
In REACHOUT, the focus is to improve the performance of close-to-community providers that have a link with either the government or a non governmental organisation programme. For Mozambique, Malawi, and Kenya these are community health workers and for Ethiopia these are the health extension workers. The latter cadre has a one year para-professional education and is employed by the government health services and therefore could be regarded to fall within the WHO definition of an auxiliary worker. For the purpose of the international literature review, it was necessary to develop the definition of close-to-community provider with clear limits (mainly regarding educational level). Informal providers are considered within the definition of close-to-community providers when they have a link with a government or non governmental organisation programme and when they are trained. This is relevant for Bangladesh. Village midwives in Indonesia have a full midwifery education and don't fall intoSee more
