“Community health workers are the antidote to the ignorance of the expert.” - Daniel Palazuelos On November 5, 2022, members of CHW Central attended the American Public Health Association’s Community-based Primary Health Care, or CBPHC, workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The workshop, “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era,” featured a keynote … [Read more...] about “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era:” a Reflection for the Future
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Thank You to All Our Sponsors!
Two years after becoming an independent non-profit organization, CHW Central is pleased to announce our 2021 donors and contributors. In September 2021, the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) awarded a grant to CHW Central. The grant activities were to respond to the needs of CHW Central’s audience in the US and globally, including specific information and … [Read more...] about Thank You to All Our Sponsors!
An Opportunity to Serve: Spotlight on Phiona Nakabuye, Village Health Team Volunteer in Uganda
Uganda’s commitment to expanding contraceptive access and options Uganda has made notable progress in increasing access to family planning services. Yet many women and adolescent girls who want to prevent or delay pregnancies are not using contraceptives—especially those who live in remote places, far from health clinics. This makes the work of community health workers as … [Read more...] about An Opportunity to Serve: Spotlight on Phiona Nakabuye, Village Health Team Volunteer in Uganda
Proactive Partnership: Nurse Leaders and Community Health Volunteers Work Together to Increase IUD and Other Family Planning Use in Kenya
Background What happens to women’s access to family planning when you partner nurse leaders with community health workers (CHWs)? That’s what IntraHealth International’s USAID-funded Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya Mechanism sought to find out. One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, UNFPA estimated that the disruption in contraceptive services had lead to 1.4 … [Read more...] about Proactive Partnership: Nurse Leaders and Community Health Volunteers Work Together to Increase IUD and Other Family Planning Use in Kenya
Linking CHVs, Youth and Community Members to increase Family Planning Services
Background and rationale for the intervention Access to reproductive health information and family planning services remains a significant global challenge. An estimated 214 million women of reproductive age in developing countries have an unmet need for contraception, primarily because they lack access to information, education, and contraceptive services (1). Unmet … [Read more...] about Linking CHVs, Youth and Community Members to increase Family Planning Services