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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…

In the United States, as in the rest of the world, Community Health Workers (CHWs) have attracted a great deal of attention lately. In the US this has happened both as a result of ongoing national health care reform and as a general recognition of CHWs’ value and impact on…

Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria together account for more than half of deaths among children ages 6 months to 5 years. New preventive interventions – such as the pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines – will help reduce this mortality burden. But ensuring prompt and effective treatment of these all-too-common illnesses (particularly among…

When you hear the term ‘community health worker’ you may well have in mind quite a specific profile. You may picture someone doing community talks and going house-to-house giving behavior change counseling or perhaps your image includes dispensing or case-management functions, passing out condoms, oral contraceptives or oral rehydration salts….