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What Community Health Workers Make Possible in Supporting Older Adults
CHW Central Feature Series: CHWs Supporting Oder Adults Across the world, more people are living longer, and communities are finding new ways to support older adults in their…
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How community health workers are improving vaccine delivery in Africa
This article was originally published on Gavi VaccinesWork. Original article. VaccinesWork Grassroots health workers are uniquely positioned to boost the reach of preventive healthcare – but to do that,…
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CHW News
US
- The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most
- Meeting patients where they are: How community health workers change outcomes
- Florida’s rural health crisis is costing more than it needs to
- Community health workers gather at Richmond County Rescue Mission
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Global
- Fiji launches updated community health worker programme to tackle NCDs
- Ahead of the Virus: Preventing mpox in Eastern Rwanda
- Cape Town community health workers protest, demand permanent jobs
- eMalahleni CHW recruitment sees 100 permanent posts filled and 219 on contract
- Uzodinma Adirieje calls for investment in community health workers
- Lango Turns to Community Health Workers to Strengthen Fight Against Sickle Cell
- Boston University, HENAR expand Syunik health program
- Jane Odum’s AI tool enables on-the-ground reporting to strengthen disease surveillance in West Africa
- Taimaka’s Community-Based Model Is Bringing Severe Malnutrition Care Closer to Children in Gombe
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CHW Voices
“Small Gestures, Big Impact”: A CHW’s Work with Older Adults in Benin
Lire cet article en français | Read this article in French Biography My name is Faouziatou Sero. I am a community health worker in Benin. I am Beninese, from the Borgou department, more precisely in the commune of Parakou. I live in the Albarika neighborhood where I am a community liaison in Cluster 16. I hold a professional degree in Germanic studies and have completed training in community health and…
Community Health Roundtable Discussion with Alexander Fajardo. The CHW Learning Hub
Youtube Link: Community Health Roundtable Discussion with Alexander Fajardo. The CHW Learning Hub In this episode, Daniel sits down with Alexander Fajardo of El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center for a deep, honest conversation about the launch of the Community Health Worker Learning Hub — a new global resource created by CHWs, for CHWs. Alex shares the story of El Sol’s 30+ years of work alongside promotores and community health workers,…
When the Environment Makes Us Sick: A Community Health Worker’s Story from Busia, Kenya
My name is John Wabwire Shikuku. I am a community health promoter from Busia County, Kenya, reporting at Port Victoria Sub-County Hospital. I have served my community in this role since 2006, and long before I had the title, I was already doing the work. My journey into community health did not begin in a classroom or a training hall. It began in 2001, when I was diagnosed with HIV….
Colors of life: an inevitable challenge?
Mental health and wellbeing affect everything; they impact education, economic independence and independent living. They are essential to a self-determined life. My name is Kamala Poudel. I am a community health worker in Kathmandu Nepal. I provide mental health services for survivors of sex trafficking, domestic violence and homelessness. I have a passion for serving these communities as I too have been trafficked and suffered from psychological illnesses since a…
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Recently Added Resources
When ART is not a magic bullet: Tailored care for vulnerable people living with hiv in the era of treat-all in Shinyanga, Tanzania
This study looked at how community health workers in Tanzania help people living with HIV stay on treatment. It found that for…
Operationalising palliative care integration: Experiences of implementers in South Africa
This study looked at how palliative care is being put into practice in public health facilities in South Africa. It found that…
Effect of a Community-Based Enhancement Program on Emergency Assistance and Marine Patient Transfer Coordination Competency Among Community Health Volunteers on the Remote Islands of Southern Thailand: Quasi-Experimental Study
This study looked at whether training community health volunteers in a remote island in Thailand could improve their ability to respond to…