Unit Affiliation: Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)
DESCRIPTION: Telemedicine uses information and communications technology (ICT) to connect community health workers to medical specialists via 24-hour teleconsultation centers. Doctors, nurses and midwives in the teleconsultation centers coach community health workers and advise on the treatment of their patients, helping them manage emergency cases that are beyond their capacity and avoiding unnecessary referrals.
Millennium Villages-Project Community Health Worker Program-Renewal - MDG West; Community Health Worker Training in the Millennium Villages: Phase 2
One Million Community Health Workers Campaign
Strengthening the Community-Based Health Services System via Community Health Workers