Identifying Mozambican community health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices around COVID-19

Successful adaptation of a Mozambican digital health platform provided real-time data that is informing community health workers’ COVID-19 practices.

Healthcare workers are at the frontline of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response, yet there is a paucity of literature on their related knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). While technical guidance surrounding COVID-19 is available to support community health workers in Mozambique — known locally as agentes polivalentes elementares (APEs) — communicating this information has been challenging due to restrictions on travel, face-to-face group meetings and training.

This poster was presented at the 69th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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Country: Mozambique

Keywords: Capacity development | Community delivery | Digital health | Research | Surveillance | COVID-19 | Case management | Diagnosis | SDGs