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Annex 7
Glossary
Bereavement support
Psychological or spiritual counselling or other emotional support for a person grieving after the death of
a loved one.
Community health workers (CHWs)
CHWs are members of the community where they work, should be selected by the community, should
be answerable to the community for their activities, should be supported by the health system but not
necessarily be a part of it, and have shorter training than professional health workers.
Health systems strengthening
The process of identifying and implementing the changes in policy and practice in a country’s health
system, so that the country can respond better to its health and health system challenges. Any array of
initiatives and strategies that improves one or more of the functions of the health system and that leads to
better health through improvements in access, coverage, quality or efficiency.
Hospice
An organization or institution devoted entirely to providing inpatient or outpatient palliative care for
patients nearing the end of life.
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