Monica Adhiambo Onyango

Monica Adhiambo Onyango replied to "The role of nurses in global health and NCDs: what do you think?" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Thanks for bringing such an important topic for discussion. It is becoming more obvious that nurses are playing an important role at the primary care level in combating NCDs. However, we nurses are still not doing a good job at articulating and sharing what we know and do. It seems ...

Monica Adhiambo Onyango replied to "Partnerships Between Nurses and Community Health Workers" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Emma: Thanks for your input to the discussion. What we need to do is to understand the roles of CHWs in various environments. What they can/cannot do. I completely understand where the CO from Malawi is coming from. Much as there is need for CHWs to do more in light ...

Monica Adhiambo Onyango replied to "Partnerships Between Nurses and Community Health Workers" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Tess & Greta: yes, let us discuss this. my work email: monyango@bu.edu. thanks -- https://voicesofmidwives.wordpress.com/

Monica Adhiambo Onyango replied to "Partnerships Between Nurses and Community Health Workers" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

I agree with Tess. Conducting an analysis or looking at what has been done to establish the various roles and training of CHWs would be a good place to start. I would be willing to be part of such a program if it took off... Monica Onyango -- https://voicesofmidwives.wordpress.com/

Monica Adhiambo Onyango replied to "Partnerships Between Nurses and Community Health Workers" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

In my experience, nurses have always been involved in the training and supervision of CHWs in most countries in Africa. Training and scope of work really depends on the context, resources and policies of a specific health care system. For example, when I worked in South Sudan in early to ...