Strategic directions for strengthening community-based health workers and community health volunteers in the South-East Asia Region
16 May 2016
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Overview
Strengthening community-based health workers (CBHWs) and community health volunteers (CHVs) is one of the key strategies for health workforce development, as identified in the Dhaka Declaration (2006) and the Regional Committee resolution SEA/RC59/R6 on health workforce strengthening.
This document presents a framework and nine strategic areas of action for WHO and Member States to support the development and sustainability of CBHWs and CHVs in promoting community health. These nine strategic actions are organized under three pillars:
- Renew political commitment and recognize the importance of CBHWs and CHVs
- Strengthen the corps of CBHWs and CHVs
- Ensure a supportive environment for their effective functioning
The strategic directions were adopted in principle at the Regional Meeting on Revisiting Community-Based Health Workers and Community Health Volunteers, held on 3–5 October 2007 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and were finalized at the peer review meeting in February 2008.
WHO Team
SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (RGO),
WHO South-East Asia
Editors
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Number of pages
33
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: SEA-HSD-311