Rwanda’s evolving community health worker system: a qualitative assessment of client and provider perspectives

Rwanda’s evolving community health worker system: a qualitative assessment of client and provider perspectives

by NDISHIMYE ISABELLE DE VALOIS -
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        I.            Rwanda’s evolving community health worker system: a qualitative assessment of client and provider perspectives.

1)      Description of your topic:

The problem which the research addresses is well described:” Shortages of qualified human resources for health are particularly acute in low-income countries, which face significant burdens of disease and mortality.”

Target population: Children under 5 years

Scope of the study:  Integration of health workers

 

2)      Summary of existing knowledge

Review the literature:

 In 2010, 7.6 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday worldwide, and in Africa, almost three fourths (73.2%) of the under-5 mortalities were due to preventable infectious causes, including pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria…..

It is selective: It comes from the shortage of health workers  in general to Community health workers specifically.

3)      Purpose of your study: 

to overcome these health burdens

 

4)      Description of your study:

Is not clear because the methodology used,sponsoring institutions ,range of the study and author’s previous publication are  not described

 

5)      Contextual information

Not described because there is no information about weather or other difficulties that may affect the study.

 

6)      Potential impact:

  • This study aims to qualitatively evaluate the CHW system in Rwanda from the perspective of CHWs themselves, as well as their beneficiaries
  • This study aims to qualitatively evaluate the CHW system in Rwanda from the perspective of CHWs themselves, as well as their beneficiaries
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