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Research paper thumbnail of Community health workers’ role in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission: An Assessment of a pilot programme in Lusaka, Zambia and opportunities for expansion

Human resource shortages impede efforts to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment ser... more Human resource shortages impede efforts to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment services in Zambia, as in other resource-poor settings. Preventing
mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) requires particularly intensive interventions, which the current system struggles to support. In such resource-limited settings, transferring
responsibilities to less-trained health care worker cadres may help improve service coverage and related health outcomes. Accordingly, in the country’s capital, Lusaka, where 21% of
pregnant women are HIV-positive, a non-profit organisation (CIDRZ) launched an innovative community health worker programme in two clinics to supplement routine
PMTCT activities. This study aims to assess the pilot programme’s impact, the unique contributions of its community health workers, and implications for expanding the initiative
to other sites.

Research paper thumbnail of Community health workers’ role in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission: An Assessment of a pilot programme in Lusaka, Zambia and opportunities for expansion

Human resource shortages impede efforts to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment ser... more Human resource shortages impede efforts to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment services in Zambia, as in other resource-poor settings. Preventing
mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) requires particularly intensive interventions, which the current system struggles to support. In such resource-limited settings, transferring
responsibilities to less-trained health care worker cadres may help improve service coverage and related health outcomes. Accordingly, in the country’s capital, Lusaka, where 21% of
pregnant women are HIV-positive, a non-profit organisation (CIDRZ) launched an innovative community health worker programme in two clinics to supplement routine
PMTCT activities. This study aims to assess the pilot programme’s impact, the unique contributions of its community health workers, and implications for expanding the initiative
to other sites.

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