ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia2024
Strengthening primary health care through community health workers in South Asia.
Review in The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Integration of Cardiovascular Disease Services within Primary Health Care Systems: Insights from South Asia.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Bridging primary care with artificial intelligence: toward a global 1.5-Tier Healthcare System.npj health systems · 2026Review
- Reimagining primary health care: a historical and contemporary scoping review of community-based primary health care models and innovations.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Review
- Reproductive health seeking behaviour and its determinants in Indian women-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- Integrating telemedicine and community support to enhance healthcare access for people with disabilities: a SANRA-aligned narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Building Bridges: A framework for redefining and decolonizing implementation science in low- and middle-income countries.PLOS global public health · 2026Review
- Barriers and enablers in implementing integrated primary health care: A qualitative assessment in West Sumbawa District, Indonesia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Kerala's Aardram Mission and universal health coverage: integrated time series evidence on mortality reduction and assessment of financial protection and equity gaps.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A knowledge, attitude and practice-based integrative literature review of community health worker training on stroke and cardiovascular diseases in low-and middle-income countries.BMC primary care · 2025Review
- Progress towards universal health coverage in South Asia, 2000-2030: an examination of the twin elements of primary healthcare provision and financial protection.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Effects of the Challenge Initiative's Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) on Public Sector Service Provision of Family Planning Services in Urban Sindh, Pakistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Exploring community willingness and barriers to digital solutions and training for dengue prevention: a cross-sectional study in major urban areas of Malaysia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Beyond doctors and hospitals: Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer model-A new paradigm for global health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in receiving vitamin A supplementation among children 6-59 months in South and Southeast Asia: a population-based study.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The growing health challenges in South Asia require further adaptations of community health worker (CHW) programs as a key element of primary health care (PHC). This paper provides a comparative analysis of CHW programs in five countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), examines successes and challenges, and suggests reforms to better ensure highly performing CHW programs. To examine CHW programs in the region, we conducted a narrative review of the peer-reviewed and grey literatures, as well as eliciting opinions from experts. Common roles of CHWs include health education, community mobilization, and community-based services, particularly related to reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health. Some countries utilize CHWs for non-communicable diseases and other emerging health issues. To maximize the potential contribution of CHWs to achieving Universal Health Coverage, we recommend future research and policy focus on strengthening existing health systems to support the expansion of CHWs roles and better integrating of CHWs into national PHC systems. This is Paper 4 in the Series on Primary Health Care in South Asia, addressing areas that have the potential to revitalize health systems in South Asian countries. Funding: The authors received financial support from the Department of Health Systems Development, WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEAR).
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