Improving local health through community health workers in Cambodia: challenges and solutions

Improving local health through community health workers in Cambodia: challenges and solutions

BACKGROUND Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are an important link between the public health system and the community. The 'Community Participation Policy for Health' in Cambodia identifies CHWs as key to local health promotion and as a critical link between district health centres and the community. However, research on the challenges CHWs face and identifying what is required to optim...

Author’s response to reviews Title: Improving Local Health through Community Health Workers in Cambodia: Challenges and Solutions Authors:

Title: Improving Local Health through Community Health Workers in Cambodia: Challenges and Solutions Authors: Kim Ozano ([email protected]) Padam Simkhada ([email protected]) Rose Khatri ([email protected]) Khem Thann ([email protected]) Version: 3 Date: 08 Oct 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Reviewer reports: We would like to thank the authors for their ongoing ...

Improving the Health and Safety of Community Health Workers

Health system challenges and solutions to improving mental health outcomes.

This is the fourth paper in our series of four articles on mental health and the global development agenda. The first paper addressed core conceptual issues in mental health, the second addressed social and economic challenges to getting mental health on the global agenda, the third addressed international and national policy challenges to developing and implementing mental health policy in cou...

Scientific Authority in Health Sciences; Challenges and Solutions

Background: The perspective of scientific authority in Iran, by the year 1435, requires a growing strong generation with a sense of self-esteem, academic endeavor and responsible in today's competitive world. Strategic planning of human resources and education of youth with talent, commitment, vitality and hope requires a national will along with adequate resources. The aim of this study was to...