Global Health Practitioner Conference Alexandria

Rina Dey BCC Advisor CORE Group Polio Project India

CORE Group - India

Working towards strengthening

National Community

Health Worker programs

Two level of health worker

Volunteer/ Mobilizers

Paid by NGOs Conducts social

mobilization activities

Govt. Health Workers

Paid by Govt. Conducts social

mobilization activities +

provides services

CORE volunteer/mobilizers are frontline workers who are from same community skilled, knowledgeable and have close understanding of the community they serve. Work closely with government frontline workers such as ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), AWW (Anganwadi Worker) and ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife).

Shared Goal

• Increases accountability • Clarity on roles and responsibilities • Supports in measuring progress • Motivates to work better • Connects with people

Shared Goal

Support in strengthening systems

CORE volunteers mobilizers at various levels build individual and community capacity by increasing and transferring knowledge and skills through a range of activities.

Supporting through… • Reaching the UNREACHED • Capacity building of caregivers and caretakers • Knowledge & skill transfer

Reaching the UNREACHED

1. Mapping of uncovered/unreached areas 2. Providing support in listing of target audience 3. Timely support in up-dation of micro-plans at village level

Focus on skill building of

communicators

Shift from instructive to negotiation approach

Capacity building of caregivers & caretakers

1. Capacity building of volunteers/mobilizers on communication skills and materials usage.

2. Data sharing

Knowledge & skill transfer

• Tapping opportunities: building capacities of Govt. front line workers through their regular capacity building program

• Coordination meetings: understanding and complementing roles & responsibilities

• Working together: Data sharing at various levels to accelerate services & decision making • Conducting community and mother meetings together • Encouraging mothers to lead session in mother

meetings • Feedback: Monitoring and timely feedback to program

managers

Working with more than 4500 govt. frontline workers

(NGO volunteers + Govt. health workers)

Working together works!

To sum up… • Identifying gaps • Recognizing and

complementing each others capacity

• Taking timely action

To sum up… • Identifying gaps • Recognizing and

complementing each others capacity

• Taking timely action