Editorial

Importing What Works: A Territory-Based Community Health Worker Framework from Brazil’s ESF for U.S. Federally Qualified Health Centers Serving Underserved Populations

This policy analysis looks at Brazil’s community health worker model and how it could be adapted for federally qualified health centers in the United States. Brazil’s approach uses community health workers to regularly support people within specific communities, helping prevent health problems and unnecessary hospital visits. The study suggests that a similar approach could … [Read more...] about Importing What Works: A Territory-Based Community Health Worker Framework from Brazil’s ESF for U.S. Federally Qualified Health Centers Serving Underserved Populations

Community Health Workers (CHWs) play an important role in bringing primary healthcare closer to communities in Nigeria by providing health education, supporting maternal and child health, assisting with immunization, preventing diseases, and referring people for further care. However, their work is limited by inadequate training, low pay, weak supervision, limited resources, … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care Strengthening in Nigeria: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications

This article highlights Brazil’s Mais Saúde com Agente program, a large national effort to strengthen and professionalize community health workers through comprehensive training. Since 2024, nearly 300,000 community health workers and disease control agents have received training covering topics such as mental health, oral health, climate change, health equity, and community … [Read more...] about The experience of the “Mais Saúde com Agente” program: training community health workers for a new Brazil

This article looks at how artificial intelligence can support training and work of young community health volunteers. It explains that AI tools can help them learn better, stay motivated, and improve how they deliver health services, especially in low-resource areas. The authors also stress that these tools must be designed in a fair and inclusive way so they do not increase … [Read more...] about Transforming public health practice through artificial intelligence: strengthening youth community health volunteer capacity

This study explored how community health workers in India view their pay. It found that they see payment in three main ways: as fair compensation for their work, as a way to motivate better performance, and as a sign of how much their work is valued. Most workers felt that being paid through small incentives instead of a regular salary lowers their status and respect compared … [Read more...] about Fair pay, performance optimizer, or status marker? The social meaning of remuneration for India’s women community health workers