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At CHW Central, we aim to be the preeminent global resource on community health workers (CHWs) and CHW programs. We do this by increasing access to information on CHWs and by promoting CHW workforce development, self-determination, and institutionalization.

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Sierra Leone’s Community Health Workers

The West Africa Ebola Outbreak created an opportunity for Sierra Leone to restructure and relaunch their national CHW program after years of segmented community-based programs. The current program…

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Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Program

The Community Health Worker program in Rwanda emerged in 1995 after years of instability degraded health infrastructure and outcomes. Today, Rwanda maintains a workforce of nearly 45,000 workers…

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Household coverage, quality and costs of care provided by community health worker teams and the determining factors: findings from a mixed methods study in South Africa

South Africa implemented a CHW workforce program in 2011, but resource constraints limit the service area and quality of services provided by…

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The Role of Community Health Workers Within the Continuum of Services for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Other STIs Amongst Men Who Have Sex with Men in Europe

CHW programs demonstrate strong potential for preventing and managing HIV in European countries, but limited research describes the connection between CHWs and…

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Community level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) in Pakistan: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Karnataka, India experiences exceptionally high rates of maternal, fetal, and infant deaths. Hypertension during pregnancy increases risk for both eclampsia and maternal…

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At CHW Central, we aim to be the preeminent global resource on community health workers (CHWs) and CHW programs. We do this by increasing access to information on CHWs and by promoting CHW workforce development, self-determination, and institutionalization.

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Sierra Leone’s Community Health Workers

Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Program

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Household coverage, quality and costs of care provided by community health worker teams and the determining factors: findings from a mixed methods study in South Africa

The Role of Community Health Workers Within the Continuum of Services for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Other STIs Amongst Men Who Have Sex with Men in Europe

Community level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) in Pakistan: A cluster randomised controlled trial

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At CHW Central, we aim to be the preeminent global resource on community health workers (CHWs) and CHW programs. We do this by increasing access to information on CHWs and by promoting CHW workforce development, self-determination, and institutionalization.

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