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CHWs serve as an interface between the community and the public health system. Almost all CHWs are trained either by the government Ministry of Health and/ or non-governmental organizations (NGO) and community-based organizations (CBO). Whether the CHW is trained as a generalist to  provide community-based health interventions or specially trained…

Poor management has often been cited as a common weakness in the sustainability of CHW programs.  This is compounded by a lack of flexibility in management personnel to respond to contextual issues, poor training of managers, and a significant dearth of information on day-to-day performance of dynamic programs.  When a…

Last month, Xinia posed this question, which I believe is a central one for many of us working in community health: “How do we ensure educational processes in the community? How do we avoid what I call ‘a mere knowledge transmission’ and substitute it for real educational processes with the…

Hesperian Health Guides is excited to join the CHW Central community in a conversation about developing materials for health education and training. We have been producing practical health  manuals for over 30 years, starting with the publication of Where There Is No Doctor, and we’ve learned  a lot in the process…

A Ugandan expert patient states, “I accepted my HIV+ status and wanted to help others cope with HIV and come out of stigma. I also wanted to help myself to prevent stress at home, wanted my children to know that being HIV+ is not the end of the world and…