{"id":1862,"date":"2021-08-25T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2021-08-25T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T15:05:35","slug":"how-community-health-workers-are-helping-out-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/our-stories\/how-community-health-workers-are-helping-out-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"How Community Health Workers are helping out during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"306\" alt=\"Two community health workers with masks and amref merchandise on\" title=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-1872\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27460%27%20height%3D%27306%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20460%20306%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27460%27%20height%3D%27306%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-400x266.png 400w, https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png 460w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">What are Community Health Workers? <\/span><span style=\"color: #747474;\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\ud83c\udfe5 \ud83d\ude91 \ud83d\uddd2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #747474; font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Community Health Workers are individuals from their respective community who support people t<span style=\"color: #747474;\">hrough <\/span>providing information on health. The majority of them also receive training that enables them to provide basic medical care to members of their community. Because Community Health Workers are from the community they serve, and are often chosen by community members, they are trusted sources of health information.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">17 Ways Community Health Workers help out during the COVID-19 pandemic:<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Refer clients with COVID-19 from the community to health facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Conduct surveillance of COVID-19 cases and alert the health system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Report suspected COVID-19 cases to help with monitoring outbreaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Provide a linkage between the community and health facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Conduct contact tracing and monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Provide home-based care.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Distribute information materials about handwashing and masking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Conduct demonstrations of handwashing, masking and social distancing in communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Conduct home visits for prevention and management of the pandemic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Spearhead COVID-19 pandemic-related health talks and education in their communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Facilitate establishment of handwashing points.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Conduct monitoring of clients isolated in the quarantine facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Contribute to the improvement of health indicators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Hand out COVID-19 educational materials in the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Help demystify myths around COVID-19 and vaccines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Provide psychosocial support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474;\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Support families with the burials and funerals of loved ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474; font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">*Source: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #747474; font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">A Multi-Country Situation Assessment of Community Health Workers\u2019 Preparedness to Support Health System Response to Prevention and Management of COVID-19 and Associated Gender Based Violence <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #f5a841; font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #747474;\">by Amref Health Africa<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[54,51,36,50],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Community Health Workers are helping out during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa &#8212; 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