Background National community health worker (CHW) programmes are increasingly regarded as an integral component of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the interface of the formal health system and communities, CHW programmes evolve in context specific ways, with unique cadres and a variety of vertical and horizontal relationships. These programmes need...

The study assesses agricultural extension services mode of operation in horticultural farms for smallholder farmers Kombo Central and North, West Coast Region Gambia. instruments designed to gather the primary data include; structured interview focus group discussions (FGD) supported by secondary using official documents key informant verification. target population consisted 398 respondents, 1...

Despite a wealth of case-specific insights from agricultural adoption studies, we lack systematic evidence on which technology characteristics matter for across different innovation contexts. We synthesise the results 304 quantitative farm-level studies wide range innovations more than 60 countries using multi-level meta regression. Our show that land, capital and knowhow are generally importan...

the sustainable development goals (sdgs) offer a unique opportunity for policy-makers to build on the millennium development goals (mdgs) by adopting more sustainable approaches to addressing global development challenges. the delivery of health services is of particular concern. most african countries are unlikely to achieve the health mdgs, however, significant progress has been made particul...