supporting national community health worker programs_dey
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Global Health Practitioner Conference Alexandria
Rina Dey BCC Advisor CORE Group Polio Project India
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CORE Group - India
Working towards strengthening
National Community
Health Worker programs
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Two level of health worker
Volunteer/ Mobilizers
Paid by NGOs Conducts social
mobilization activities
Govt. Health Workers
Paid by Govt. Conducts social
mobilization activities +
provides services
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CORE volunteer/mobilizers are frontline workers who are from same community skilled, knowledgeable and have close understanding of the community they serve. Work closely with government frontline workers such as ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), AWW (Anganwadi Worker) and ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife).
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Shared Goal
• Increases accountability • Clarity on roles and responsibilities • Supports in measuring progress • Motivates to work better • Connects with people
Shared Goal
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Support in strengthening systems
CORE volunteers mobilizers at various levels build individual and community capacity by increasing and transferring knowledge and skills through a range of activities.
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Supporting through… • Reaching the UNREACHED • Capacity building of caregivers and caretakers • Knowledge & skill transfer
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Reaching the UNREACHED
1. Mapping of uncovered/unreached areas 2. Providing support in listing of target audience 3. Timely support in up-dation of micro-plans at village level
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Focus on skill building of
communicators
Shift from instructive to negotiation approach
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Capacity building of caregivers & caretakers
1. Capacity building of volunteers/mobilizers on communication skills and materials usage.
2. Data sharing
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Knowledge & skill transfer
• Tapping opportunities: building capacities of Govt. front line workers through their regular capacity building program
• Coordination meetings: understanding and complementing roles & responsibilities
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• Working together: Data sharing at various levels to accelerate services & decision making • Conducting community and mother meetings together • Encouraging mothers to lead session in mother
meetings • Feedback: Monitoring and timely feedback to program
managers
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Working with more than 4500 govt. frontline workers
(NGO volunteers + Govt. health workers)
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Working together works!
To sum up… • Identifying gaps • Recognizing and
complementing each others capacity
• Taking timely action
To sum up… • Identifying gaps • Recognizing and
complementing each others capacity
• Taking timely action