“Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era:” a Reflection for the Future
“Community health workers are the antidote to the ignorance of the expert.” – Daniel Palazuelos On November 5, 2022, members of CHW Central attended the American Public Health Association’s Community-based Primary Health Care, or CBPHC, workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The workshop, “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of…
Introducing our 2022/23 CHW Ambassadors
CHW Central is thrilled to introduce our 2022/23 CHW Ambassadors! Ambassadors will share their perspectives on CHW Voices, a new section of the site that provides CHWs with a platform to share stories, opinions, and experiences through blogs, videos, and more. We hope this page will allow CHWs to shape…
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 of Medicine (NNLM) awarded a grant to CHW Central. The grant activities were to respond to the needs of CHW Central’s audience…
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 to prevent or delay pregnancies are not using contraceptives—especially those who live in remote places, far from health clinics. This makes the…
State of the Evidence 2021
Every year, CHW Central collects and makes available in our resource database as many resources related to CHWs as we can find – articles, gray literature, and tools. In 2021, through the generous funding of the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine, we reviewed the 2021 CHW evidence with…