Resources
Welcome to the Child Health Task Force Resource Library. This database hosts a range of documents from agencies and organizations working on child health programming. When using the search function, please be as specific as possible. More specific search language will return the most appropriate results. Resources are available for download for further reading and can be sent via email or other social media platforms for ease of sharing.
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Journal Article | English | 2021
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of oral rehydration therapy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of oral rehydration therapy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Journal Article | English | Uganda | 2021
The cost-effectiveness of community health workers delivering free diarrhea treatment: evidence from Uganda
The cost-effectiveness of community health workers delivering free diarrhea treatment: evidence from Uganda
Guide | English, French | 2021
GUIDANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS STRATEGIC INFORMATION AND SERVICE MONITORING
This guidance outlines a set of standardized indicators collected by community health workers on their activities and on the communities they serve.
Guide | English | 2021
Managing programmes on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
This modular-based training is designed to provide knowledge and skills on the basic principles of program planning for RMNCAH. The training modules specifically focus on the implementation planning cycle at sub-national level.
Journal Article | English | Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2021
Country perspectives on improving technical assistance in the health sector
Gates Open Research journal article sharing findings from phase one of the Re-imagining Technical Assistance project
Report | English | 2021
World Food Programme Reviews of School-based Health and Nutrition Interventions in Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa
Evidence reviews of school health and nutrition interventions commissioned by the World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Offices in East and Central Africa (WFP Regional Bureau Nairobi), Southern Africa (WFP Regional Bureau Johannesburg), and West Africa (WFP Regional Bureau Dakar). The reports were prepared by the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) and published in July 2021.
Journal Article | English | 2021
How do community health workers institutionalise: An analysis of Brazil’s CHW programme
This Global Public Health article offers three contributions to the literature: the development and application of an analytical framework to consider the institutionalisation process of CHWs; a historical analysis of the professional institutionalisation of CHW in Brazil; and the identification of the paradoxes that such institutionalisation faces: firstly, institutionalisation focused on improving CHW remuneration created difficulties in hiring and paying these professionals; when CHW are incorporated within state bureaucracy they start to lose their autonomy as com
Journal Article | English | 2021
Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low‐ and middle‐income countries
This Cochrane Review aimed to assess the effects of integrated community case management (iCCM) for children under‐five in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The review authors collected and analysed all relevant studies to answer this question and found seven studies.
Journal Article | English | 2021
Does integrated community case management (iCCM) target health inequities and treatment delays?
This article co-authored by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis and Malaria Consortium presents evidence from an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys data from 21 countries in the period 2010 to 2018.
Journal Article | English | 2021
Continuity of Community-Based Healthcare Provision During COVID-19: A Multi-Country Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Analysis of continuity of essential services in several “well-supported” CHW programs, which include iCCM
Report | English | 2021
Policy, Program, and Operational Learnings Report of iCCM/CMAM Integration
USAID-funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership developed this report in September 2021 to share learnings and programmatic experiences of integrating community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) and integrated community case management (iCCM). The report presents key findings from a literature review of peer-reviewed articles, technical documents, program reports, consultative meeting proceedings, and global and national guidelines that focus on integrating these strategies.
Event Materials | English | 2021
Webinar Recording - October 19, 2021
Recording of webinar hosted by the Re-imagining the Package of Care subgroup to share findings from a Child Health Task Force-commissioned report on operationalizing school health and nutrition investments.
English | 2021
Food for Education evidence for school feeding programs
School meals are an effective way to keep children in school and learning while there. Food for Education delivers subsidized school meals to primary schools, sourcing ingredients from local farmers and preparing meals in central kitchens to ensure all meals meet food safety standards. Schools that partner with Food for Education perform statistically better on national education exams than non-enrolled schools.
Report | English | 2021
Monitoring Adolescent School Health and Nutrition Programs and Interventions Answering The Why, What, Who, and How
This brief provides broad guidance aimed at supporting the development and implementation of monitoring mechanisms within school health and nutrition programs supported by World Bank lending.
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2021
The Girls’ Iron Folate Tablet Supplementation (GIFTS) Program GNCP Webinar
The Global Nutrition Coordination Plan hosted a webinar to discuss the Girls Iron-Folate Tablet Supplementation (GIFTS) program impact.
English | 2021
Nutrition crisis looms as globally more than 39 billion in-school meals missed since start of COVID-19 pandemic
Press release by UNICEF and WFP from January 2021 estimating that 39 billion in-school meals have been missed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the important role schools play in delivering routine services to vulnerable children.
Report | English | 2021
State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020
World Food Programme (WFP) report launched in February 2021. The report finds that between 2013 and 2020, the number of children receiving school meals grew by 9 percent globally and 36 percent in low-income countries, as governments expanded their programmes and made school feeding the world’s most extensive social safety net. The report also estimates that school meals programmes yield returns of up to US$ 9 for every US$ 1 invested.
Journal Article | English | 2021
Considerations for Monitoring School Health and Nutrition Programs
Community case study published in Frontiers of Public Health on July 16, 2021.
Guide | English | 2021
Sustaining Adolescent Health Service Delivery During Prolonged School Closures: Considerations in Light of COVID-19
Factsheet developed by the Global Financing Facility providing an overview of approaches to sustain the delivery of school health and nutrition services described above and targeted to adolescents in periods of school closure, while presenting considerations for the resumption of school-based service delivery upon reopening.
English | 2021
Blog: Getting School Health Right in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Blog post by Luke Shors and Linda Schultz published in Think Global Health on September 16, 2021.