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Health for the People:​ National Community Health Worker Programs from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe

May 28, 2020 By

Authors: Henry B. Perry et al.

Edited by Henry B. Perry, the Health for the People: National Community Health Worker Programs from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe is a collection of CHW program data from 29 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Published in 2020, the compilation of country case studies serves as an informative guide for the development and strengthening of CHW programs. This resource is an expanded update to the 2014 guide, Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs at Scale.

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Link: Health for the People:​ National Community Health Worker Programs from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe

Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Assessment, Community Case Management, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Data Collection

Resource Type: Case studies

Year: 2020

Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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