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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Winning Professional CHW Policy to Deliver Health for All.
Undeniable evidence proves that community health workers (CHWs) are essential to realizing health for all. However, too many CHW programs are held back by poor service design that…
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Revolutionizing Healthcare: Introducing the Health Systems Accelerator Fellowship Program
Originally published by Financing Alliance for Health Healthcare systems worldwide face a multitude of challenges, demanding strategic solutions for improvement. Today, they stand at a crucial juncture, calling…
CHW News
US
- Grant Will Cover Tuition for Community Health Worker Program
- UAMS to expand healthy start program in South Arkansas
- Community Health Workers: The Cornerstone of Scalable Social Care Transformation
- The urgent need to support Ontario’s community health workers
- Cancer can affect anyone, but Hispanics face disproportionately severe outcomes
- Tennessee Recognizes the Vital Role of Community Health Workers
Global
- Women community health workers unite to launch PCHWF
- Union Win: Kathmandu Health Volunteers Will be Recognized As Community Health Workers
- MPs approve Bill to compensate and pay community health workers
- Lone CHW sacrifices for Wantoat
- Universal Health Coverage: Community health workers ‘the missing link’ say experts
- Supporting children’s health in Benin and Togo
- Vaccines, veggies and very clean hands: in Indonesia, three interventions are combining to improve health
- Frontline community health worker insights lead global malaria fight
CHW Voices
A Year as a CHW Ambassador: Reflecting on the Journey Towards Empowering Community Health Workers
It is surreal to think that it has already been one year since Mark and I became the first CHW Central Ambassadors. It feels like we were just getting started! After accepting our roles, Mark and I talked for an hour and a half on WhatsApp about our experiences living on opposite sides of the world. We quickly built a bond over what we had in common as CHV/CHWs. We’d…
Addressing the Overlooked Crisis: Advancing Eye Health Awareness and Services
Eye health is a crucial yet often underestimated aspect of overall well-being. Despite its global prevalence, vision impairment and eye care remain largely absent from international health discourse and national health strategies. This article sheds light on the current state of eye health awareness and services, focusing on the situation in Kenya. It emphasizes the role of community health volunteers (CHVs) and proposes strategies to integrate eye care into the…
Community Health Education Workers
“Ms. Kelso, we have Cameron here in the nurse’s office saying that his stomach and throat hurt for the third time this week. Would you like to talk to him?” I knew something was wrong when the school nurse called me nearly every day to tell me that my son, a 2nd grader, was in her office after lunch again. For several weeks, it was the same pattern. Sobbing into…
Assessing the Progress of Community Health in Kenya since Devolution: A Critical Review of Achievements and Challenges
Kenya is a country that has faced numerous challenges in the health sector over the years. After devolution- decentralization of political and administrative power to counties – was adopted in 2013, Kenyans expected the county governments to play a more significant role in improving community health. However, despite the efforts made over the last decade, there are still gaps that need to be addressed to ensure that the community health…
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Recently Added Resources
Community Health Financing (CHF) Assessment Toolkit
The Community Health Financing (CHF) Assessment Toolkit helps policymakers, funders, and implementers identify sustainable financing pathways for community health programs. This comprehensive…
Achieving Gender Equity in the Community Health Workforce
There is robust and compelling evidence that community health workers play an essential role in delivering life-saving healthcare globally. But women, who…
Community Medicine in Public Health Crises: A Sociological Examination of Pandemic Responses in Raigad, Maharashtra, India
This article examines the role of community medicine in addressing public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It focuses on…