Health policymakers in many countries are looking at ways of increasing health care coverage by scaling up the deployment of community health workers. In this commentary, we describe the rationale for the UK to learn from Brazil's scaled-up Community Health Worker primary care strategy, starting with a pilot project in North Wales.

Introduction. Universities of Medical Sciences & Health Services were established with the aim of training and development of efficient health manpower for improving the community health. The people of the community have common health problems and needs, so universities of medical sciences and health services can affect diagnosing the problems, providing the health needs and developing health c...

INTRODUCTION Vaccination has caused a dramatic reduction in the threat of diseases that were once widespread and often times fatal. The efficient practice of cold chain management is therefore key to ensuring that the benefits of vaccination are sustained. The objective of this study is to assess the practice of cold chain management among health workers in primary health care facilities in Ben...

OBJECTIVE To compare the performance of Primary Care Units according to the implementation of new arrangements and strategies in primary care and mental health. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES Evaluative research with triangulation of methods and theoretical framework of critical hermeneutics, carried out at six Primary Care Units of the two most populous health districts of the city of Campinas (S...

nowadays, the presence of hbv dna in the absence of hbsag; occult hepatitis b infection; (obi), is a known clinical entity along with the rapid influx of research being conducted on  its clinical relevance. biologists and clinicians alike have a recent-standing interest in this regards. obi has been described in several clinical settings. however, the data on its prevalence among immunized and ...

Primary Health Centres (PHC) started in 1952, as part of the first Five Year Plan in our country have been playing a vital role in the delivery of health care facilities to the needy in the community. PHC staff consists of doctors, nurses, block health educators, pharmacist, health assistants and multipurpose health workers (MPWs). The health workers, usually with 8 to 10 years of schooling, ar...

OBJECTIVES To explore how a client-centred Chronic Care model was implemented by Indigenous Health Workers (IHWs) at participating sites in a trial of IHW-led case management. To understand the experiences of engaging with the model from the perspective of the IHWs, health team members and clients. METHODS The review was conducted within a cluster randomised trial of the model in six remote I...