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IFGH 2012: Mobile Phones as an Effective Way of Delivering Health Messages and Promoting Health Education in the Communities and Workplace: Experiences from Uganda

by globalhealth on Jan 31, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

In this case study, we present avenues where the use of mobile phone technologies may present an opportunity to deliver preventative and treatment healthcare information among communities and at workplaces within resource-low...

IFGH 2012: Networks of People Living with HIV: Strengthening Community Responses to HIV in Uganda

by globalhealth on Jan 30, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The aims of this qualitative study were to explore the benefits of joining a networked group, relationships between groups, impact of networked groups on the community, and shaping private and public experience of living with HIV in Uganda....

IFGH 2012: Community-Driven Scale-Up of Community Case Management

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The approach to CCM scale-up emphasized on-the-ground capacity building, mainly of CHWs and supervisors, both through formal trainings and continuous presence at the facility and community level to provide on-going support to put the knowledge received into...

IFGH 2012: University Community Partnership Project: Community Selection Criteria and Readiness Assessment

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

In Zimbabwe, the collapse of the health sector from 2007-2009, staff shortages and lack of essential supplies severely impacted the HIV and AIDS pandemic in the country, the poor being the most affected by poor access to health services. VSO uses the expertise of local volunteers in Zimbabwe, as opposed to international...

IFGH 2012: Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PEER) Empowers Marginalized Women to Engage in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

This abstract demonstrates how Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PPER) can build the capacity, empower and engage local women in conflict affected hard-to-reach communities to participate in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions...

IFGH 2012: Effectiveness and Sustainability of an Integrated Care Group Model in Delivering Community Health Services

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Community-based behaviour change communication (BCC) is key to improving household health practices. The Care Group model is an effective method of delivering BCC, resulting in improved health behaviours. The traditional Care Group model requires significant external support, traditionally provided by paid NGO...

IFGH 2010: Cost Effectiveness of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Malawi

by globalhealth on Nov 30, 2010 in Presentations

Cost effectiveness of community based management of acute malnutrition in...

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IFGH 2012: Mobile Phones as an Effective Way of Delivering Health Messages and Promoting Health Education in the Communities and Workplace: Experiences from Uganda

IFGH 2012: Networks of People Living with HIV: Strengthening Community Responses to HIV in Uganda

IFGH 2012: Community-Driven Scale-Up of Community Case Management

IFGH 2012: University Community Partnership Project: Community Selection Criteria and Readiness Assessment

IFGH 2012: Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PEER) Empowers Marginalized Women to Engage in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions

IFGH 2012: Effectiveness and Sustainability of an Integrated Care Group Model in Delivering Community Health Services

IFGH 2010: Cost Effectiveness of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Malawi

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