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Access, equity, sustainability: ChildFund's approach to community-based health care

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Corinne Mazzeo, MHS CHES , Child Fund International 1413 K Street NW 12th Floor Washington DC 20005, Washington, DC
Jessica Izquierdo, MPH , Child Fund
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Despite recent reductions in global infant and child morbidity and mortality, equitable access to a range of health services remains a challenge in many contexts. ChildFund’s approach involves working closely with local partners to develop sustainable and effective health services to reach the most vulnerable women, children, and families. In Senegal, ChildFund works with local and international partners to strengthen primary health care throughout the country. Health huts are a cornerstone of the project; these small community-based “facilities” are owned and managed by communities themselves, with support from and linkages to the national health system. In Honduras, ChildFund recently completed a project aimed at strengthening community health units (called UCOS), which were locally managed by communities, staffed by community health volunteers, and sustained through a revolving drug fund. The project also developed an innovative community-based quality improvement approach to improve service quality and overall sustainability.

Learning Areas:

Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe examples of ChildFund’s work collaborating with local organizations to provide community-based primary health care. Idenrify key considerations for community-based programming, focusing on expanding access, improving coverage, and ensuring quality.

Keyword(s): Community Development, International MCH

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: 10 years working in RMNCH and nutrition; experience in program design, implementation, and evaluation, policy and advocacy, and operations research; experience as a health care provider in community-based and hospital settings in the US.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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