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Myanmar hosts a wide range of community health workers, including Malaria and TB Volunteers, Maternal Health Workers, and Village Health Workers. The government has invested significant resources into strategic planning to ensure that these workers cover the country’s most pressing public health challenges. Training length and intensity and the type…

CHWs in Mozambique are equipped with a range of skills to provide integrated community case management for Mozambicans. Following an 18-week training period, each CHW provides care for as many as 2,000 inhabitants in communities situated up to 25 kilometers from health facilities. In response to exceptional program accomplishments, the…

Prompted by supply chain and health quality constraints, in 2017 Malawi launched the National Community Health Strategy to develop a workforce capable of providing lifesaving interventions for serious childhood illnesses and educating about disease prevention. Health Surveillance Assistants receive 12 weeks of training to provide comprehensive services, including services such…

Faced with the fourth highest rates of chronic malnutrition globally, Madagascans increasingly rely on the support of CHWs trained in general health or specialized in nutrition-related services. Nutrition-related services include providing education about healthy food choices and cooking strategies as well as treatment for moderate acute malnutrition. Overall, the combined…