Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO recommendations: optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Certainty of evidence
Very low
We recommend the use of LAY HEALTH WORKERS to deliver the following interventions, with targeted monitoring and evaluation: Initiation and maintenance of injectable contraceptives using a standard syringe
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Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception
Year2015
InstitutionWorld Health Organization