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Lisez la version française ici. Community Health and UHC Program for Ifanadiana, Madagascar In Madagascar, where geographic barriers can hinder access to healthcare, community health workers (CHWs) provide essential health services to remote communities (1). Community health is an essential strategy used to achieve Madagascar’s goals of a strong health…

Lisez la version française ici. The Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM) is one of the longest standing and most rigorously tested tools for designing, improving, and strengthening CHW programs (1). CHW AIM  promotes a set of recognized best practice “design principles” for CHW programs, which include…

Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under age 5 (Omana et al., 2020). Although oral rehydration salts (ORS) is a well-known treatment for diarrhea, fewer than half of children with diarrhea in poor nations receive ORS. We describe a study we conducted in Uganda in…

Lisez la version française ici. Introduction Community health is at the core of Kenya’s strategy to achieve universal health coverage, increase access to care, and ensure that the country can achieve its goal of health for all. For community health programs in Kenya to reach their full potential, it is…

Lisez la version française ici. Investing in CHWs results in a positive return—as high as 10:1. This is due to the increased productivity of a healthier population, the avoidance of the high costs of health crises, and the economic impact of increased employment. However, these returns can only be obtained…