Journal article
How does context influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from the literature
Maryse C Kok, Sumit S Kane, Olivia Tulloch, Hermen Ormel, Sally Theobald, Marjolein Dieleman, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Jacqueline EW Broerse, Korrie AM de Koning
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS | BMC | Published : 2015
Grants
Awarded by European Union
Funding Acknowledgements
The review presented in this article is part of the REACHOUT programme, funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme ([FP7/2007-2013] [FP7/2007-2011]) under grant agreement nr. 306090. REACHOUT is an ambitious 5-year international research consortium aiming to generate knowledge to strengthen the performance of CHWs and other close-to-community providers of promotional, preventive, and curative primary health services in rural and urban areas in Africa and Asia. We would like to thank Ilse Egers, from the Royal Tropical Institute, who helped with the initial literature search.