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Exploring the context in which different close-to-community sexual and reproductive health service providers operate in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

Mahmud, Ilias; Chowdhury, Sadia; Ashraf Siddiqi, Bulbul; Theobald, Sally; Ormel, Hermen; Biswas, Salauddin; Tauseef Jahangir, Yamin; Sarker, Malabika; Faiz Rashid, Sabina (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: A range of formal and informal close-to-community (CTC) health service providers operate in an increasingly urbanized Bangladesh. Informal CTC health service providers play a key role in Bangladesh's pluralistic ...

Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: a multi-country comparative study

Kane, Sumit; Kok, Maryse; Ormel, Hermen; Otiso, Lilian; Sidat, Mohsin; Namakhoma, Ireen; Nasir, Sudirman; Gemechu, Daniel; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Taegtmeyer, Miriam; Theobald, Sally; Koning, Korrie de (© 2016 Elsevier Ltd, 2016)

Background In LMICs, Community Health Workers (CHW) increasingly play health promotion related roles involving ‘Empowerment of communities’. To be able to empower the communities they serve, we argue, it is essential that ...