Mallika Raghavan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6058433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mallika Raghavan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mallika |
| FAMILY NAME | Raghavan |
| SIGNATURE | RAGHAVAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Last Mile Health, Monrovia, Liberia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Essential aid made fully visible
INTRODUCTION: Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in extending healthcare services to underserved populations, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Professional CHWs (proCHWs), who are salaried, skilled, supplied and supervised, are essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage and other global health goals. Despite the growing recognition of proCHWs, there is limited understanding of the global financing lan…
Prioritising the role of community health workers in the Covid-19 response
COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems. Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals: (1) PROTECT healthcare workers, (2) INTERRUPT the virus, (3) MAIN…
A Community Health Worker Intervention to Increase Childhood Disease Treatment Coverage in Rural Liberia
Objectives. To assess a community health worker (CHW) program’s impact on childhood illness treatment in rural Liberia. Methods. We deployed CHWs in half of Rivercess County in August 2015 with the other half constituting a comparison group until July 2016. All CHWs were provided cash incentives, supply chain support, and monthly clinical supervision. We conducted stratified cluster-sample population-based surveys at baseline (March–April 2015) a…
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A Community Health Worker Intervention to Increase Childhood Disease Treatment Coverage in Rural Liberia
Objectives. To assess a community health worker (CHW) program’s impact on childhood illness treatment in rural Liberia. Methods. We deployed CHWs in half of Rivercess County in August 2015 with the other half constituting a comparison group until July 2016. All CHWs were provided cash incentives, supply chain support, and monthly clinical supervision. We conducted stratified cluster-sample population-based surveys at baseline (March–April 2015) a…
Prioritising the role of community health workers in the Covid-19 response
COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems. Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals: (1) PROTECT healthcare workers, (2) INTERRUPT the virus, (3) MAIN…
Essential aid made fully visible
INTRODUCTION: Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in extending healthcare services to underserved populations, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Professional CHWs (proCHWs), who are salaried, skilled, supplied and supervised, are essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage and other global health goals. Despite the growing recognition of proCHWs, there is limited understanding of the global financing lan…
Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Community health (1 work)