Country Case Study: Pakistan's Lady Health Worker Programme

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Country Case Study: Pakistan's Lady Health Worker Programme

Author(s):

Global Health Workforce Alliance

Partners:

WHO

Topics: Community health workers, Financial management, Monitoring and evaluation, Motivation/incentives, Training

Region and Country: Asia, Pakistan

Language:

English

This case study describes the rationale, implementation strategies, achievements and challenges of a programme that created a new cadre of female health workers in Pakistan to address unmet health needs of rural populations and slum dwellers. An external evaluation of the programme in 2000 found that the population served by Lady Health Workers had substantially better health indicators than the control population.

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