Kesetebirhan Admasuemail, Taye Balcha, Haileyesus Getahun
Model villages: a platform for community-based primary health care
The Lancet Global Health
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00301-0
Contact: moh@ethionet.et
Extract: ‘Model households refer to families that have embraced locally tailored health behaviour criteria (eg, having children vaccinated, constructing and using latrines, and sleeping under mosquito nets). There is a critical mass of nearly 3 million model households that have graduated over the years. Building on this concept, participatory engagement of women’s groups to disseminate health information and facilitate uptake of critical health services was initiated in 2012. This movement, commonly referred to as the health development army (HDA), is led by a group of women volunteers who are from model households and complement the work of HEWs and further augment the engagement and leadership of community members in their own health.’
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