Barriers to seeking and delivery of essential health services in nine provinces of Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: community health workers’ perspective
Our research demonstrated that most barriers and concerns related to using critical services during a pandemic may be addressed by providing information about available services, providing transportation to facilities, and providing masks to personnel and individuals. CHWs could play critical role in managing and responding to emergencies and pandemics if the government invest on their capacity and motivation. Revision of training curriculum for CHWs and their job description to include the emergency and pandemic management at community level, and providing them monetary incentives are highly recommended.
Authors
- Narges Neyazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8900-1648)
- Ali Mirzazadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-3038)
- Abdul Ghani Ibrahimi
- Freshta Amiry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-0136)
- Deena Alasfoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-1935)
- Jamshed Tanoli
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EG)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- World Health Organization - Afghanistan (AF)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12841-3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Institute of Mental Health