“A happy mouth is a happy body:” The role of Community Health Workers in Oral Health Education.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Oral Health Status Report of 2022 presents a concerning reality: an estimated 3.5 billion individuals worldwide, representing approximately 50% of the global population, suffer from various forms of oral diseases. Among these, untreated dental decay (both in deciduous and permanent teeth), severe periodontal disease,…
S-AIM: Health Systems Assessment for CHW Program Improvement – Experiences from Uganda and Kenya
Are you familiar with the CHW-AIM tool? I am supposing that many of you are, as it was first released in 2011 and has been widely used since then. CHW-AIM stands for Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix, and it spells out all of the important program components that…
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Dear CHW Central Community, CHW Central is committed to providing our readers with the most up-to-date news, resources, events and research on CHWs and CHW programs. Over the past year, we’ve introduced CHW voices, which brings you regular features from our CHW Ambassadors. A group of dedicated volunteers and interns…
Three Reasons to Invest in Community Health Workers
Originally posted on Frontline Health Workers Coalition and Village Reach. CHWs are trusted, capable, and cost-effective Health systems cannot function without health workers. That’s why the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health to ensure the universal availability, accessibility, acceptability, coverage, and quality of the health…
Advance Community Health Worker Programs to Accelerate the Achievement of Universal Health Care and Primary Health Care: The 3rd International Community Health Worker Symposium
In just a few days, from 22-24 March, Ministers of Health, health and finance experts, multilateral organizations, community health workers, development agencies and partners, will come together for the 3rd International Community Health Worker Symposium, to push for a better supported and integrated community health workforce. Community Health Workers (CHWs)…