Perspectives of community and facility stakeholders on community health workers in rural Malawi

Background: Community health workers (CHWs) bridge the primary health care (PHC) system and communities by providing care in the household. In Malawi, few studies have examined the perspective of users of household-level CHW services, in remote areas, to understand CHW’s role in community-based PHC....

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Published in:	African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Main Authors:	Myness K. Ndambo, Moses B. Aron, Henry Makungwa, Fabien Munyaneza, Basimenye Nhlema, Emilia Connolly
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2024-02-01
Subjects:	community health workers (chws) community-based primary health care community members health facility male involvement enablers challenges malawi.
Online Access:	https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4199

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