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CHW Central believes that community health workers are key to achieving universal health coverage and reducing global health inequities. As the preeminent global resource on CHWs and CHW programs, CHW Central increases access to online information to improve the quality of CHW programs and services. We advocate for CHWs to be appropriately integrated into the global health workforce and represented and connected through strong networks and associations. 

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Kenya’s Community Health Workers Shortage Undermines Universal Health Care

Kenya’s Community Health Workers Shortage Undermines Universal Health Care

In underserved populations, the contribution of community health workers (CHWs) is vital to the healthcare system. Preparing the health workforce to work towards the attainment of a country’s health objectives represents one of the most important challenges for its health system. In Kenya, the government established its community health worker (CHW) program in 2006 as a key innovation of the Community Health Strategy. Within this strategy, CHWs function at the…

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CHWs and Wellness: Your Care Matters Too!

CHWs and Wellness: Your Care Matters Too!

If you’re a CHW, at some point in life, you may have learned how to care for others’ needs before your own. Our lived experiences make us experts on being in service of other people. But, sometimes we become so focused on caring for our community that we neglect our own needs.  For a long time, anytime someone used the phrase “take care of yourself,” I had no idea what…

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Proudly a Community Health Assistant supervising CHVs

Proudly a Community Health Assistant supervising CHVs

Historically, and across professions, supervision has been an endeavor of task oversight and punitive, critical corrective actions. Supportive supervision is considered the best practice for community health worker (CHW) in international settings and includes collaborative reviews, observations, monitoring, constructive feedback, participation, problem solving, training, and education. Such a comprehensive supervisory strategy in Kenya is of particular importance to the success of Community Health Volunteer (CHV) programs and facilitates the empowerment…

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Community Health Work is a Calling: CHWs from Kiambu and San Bernardino Connect

Community Health Work is a Calling: CHWs from Kiambu and San Bernardino Connect

I woke up at 5:30 am on a mid-September Sunday morning, anxiously awaiting my 6am talk with Mark Mwenda, my fellow CHW Ambassador colleague. I sat up in bed, reached in thin dark air towards my nightstand, and blindly searched for my journal. I was excited about getting to know Mark. And, I wanted to write everything down so I would not forget any details. Also, I was excited to…

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