June 28, 2018
				
				
				
				Africa
				
				
				
				
					Publication
				
				
				
				
		
					
					Engaging and empowering people and communities, 
					
					Reorienting the model of care, 
					
					Coordinating services within and across sectors
					
				
				
				Scaling community-based services in Gauteng, South Africa: A comparison of three workforce-planning scenarios
The introduction of community-based services through community health workers is an opportunity to redefine the approach and practice of primary health care. Based on bestpractice community oriented primary care (COPC), a COPC planning toolkit has been developed to model the creation of a community-based tier in an integrated district health system