Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with CHWs, patients, district, clinic, and NGO staff were used to obtain descriptions of the functioning of the programme and patient experiences.
CHWs' records may be an important source for vital statistics, as it was for the Brazilian northeast and north in the first decade of the implementation of the PACS there The overburden of the programme coordinators, with numerous responsibilities and accumulation of different functions, is an obstacle to the smooth functioning of the programme.
Particularly significant for the functioning of the programme is the introduction of the criterion of the overriding public interest which should also include future generations, as well as levelling the existing economic differences between European Community countries (Oana 2006; Unnerstall 2006).
Lack of materials, a key to barrier effective functioning of the programme, was caused by a lack of dedicated funding and unclear procurement processes and responsibilities: The [provincial Department of Health] gave us the bags and there's BP machine, sugar strips and everything but when those things are finished we (NGO) have to find the money (for materials such as glucose strips).
A number of key factors could be identified for the successful resurrection of the structures and functions of the programme.
The study examined the functioning of the CHW programmes and observed CHW/client interactions.
The purpose of our study was to analyse: (i) adherence of the programme to EuG; (ii) programme process and performance indicators; (iii) impact of the programme on the incidence of and mortality from CC. Available data on the policy, structure and functioning of the Polish programme were compared with the major points of the EuG.
We analyse the structure and functioning of the Cuban programme.
