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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Thank You to All Our Sponsors!
Two years after becoming an independent non-profit organization, CHW Central is pleased to announce our 2021 donors and contributors. In September 2021, the Network of the National Library…
An Opportunity to Serve: Spotlight on Phiona Nakabuye, Village Health Team Volunteer in Uganda
Uganda’s commitment to expanding contraceptive access and options Uganda has made notable progress in increasing access to family planning services. Yet many women and adolescent girls who want…
CHW News
US
- Four academic and community health systems partner to address palliative care disparities among African Americans
- Vaccines, ‘Promotoras’ Helped Close Gap in COVID-Related Deaths for California Latinos: Data
- HCC offering free community health worker program
- Shenandoah LGBTQ Center launches new health program to expand access to affirming care
- East Providence Gets $91.5K Health Grant For Senior Center
Global
- Gombe gov approves recruitment of 440 health workers
- Community health workers are the key to expanding medical care
- Rwanda Health Ministry to reduce Community Health Workers
- Community workers pitch in to help Toronto’s most vulnerable navigate the health care system
- Community healthcare workers want their jobs back
CHW Voices
Community Health Roundtable Discussions: Episode 2
We are excited to share the next installment of the Community Health Roundtable Discussions, hosted by Dan Palazuelos. The most recent episode features Tiffany Treviño, currently working with Partners In Health as a Learning and Impact Associate. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she paused her Masters of Public Health studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand and moved back home to Texas, where she began work…
CHW Voices – Kofi
My name is Ringwald Obah Kofi. I am from Duadaso No.2 in the Jaman North District in the Bono Region of Ghana in West Africa. I am 29 years old. I was a community health worker (CHW) under the Ghana Youth and Employment Agencies from 2016 to 2018. My contract expired with YEA on August 8th, 2018. After my contract expired, I decided to volunteer and continue to work for…
Community Health Roundtable Discussions
In this Community Health Roundtable discussion, Kandis Draw, a CHW with JourneyCare in Chicago, shares her experiences educating communities about and supporting patients through palliative and hospice care. Through her conversation with Dan Palazuelos, the podcast host, Kandis describes some of the key lessons she has learned and shares her perspectives on the future of CHWs in the United States and the value of CHWs as bridges between healthcare and…
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Recently Added Resources
Laboring With the Heart: Promotoras’ Transformations, Professional Challenges, and Relationships With Communities
This study engaged with promotores de salud in LA county to understand the Latinx health promotion work they perform. Through qualitative interviews,…
Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era 8. Incentives and remuneration
Incentives and remuneration are core issues that affect the performance of individual CHWs and of CHW programs. This paper details case study…
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships.
Community health worker (CHW) programs are often hindered by weak health systems, poor planning, lack of coordination, and failed partnerships. Through key…
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