“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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Observations, Trends, and the Way Forward
Introduction The 29 case studies in this compendium report a total of 8.4 million community health workers (CHWs) in total for the country programs they document. Even this is a significant underestimate since it does not include CHWs working with NGOs throughout the world nor the many CHWs who are working solely with vertical highly selective programs such as those for HIV, … [Read more...] about Observations, Trends, and the Way Forward
Ward-Based Primary Health Care Outreach Teams in South Africa
South African Community Health Workers collaborate on interdisciplinary health teams to provide health prevention and promotion services for chronic health conditions. Each worker receives twelve months of training to provide primarily home-based care. Country-wide implementation of the South African program has been slow to implement, and no formal impact evaluations have been … [Read more...] about Ward-Based Primary Health Care Outreach Teams in South Africa
Sierra Leone’s Community Health Workers
The West Africa Ebola Outbreak created an opportunity for Sierra Leone to restructure and relaunch their national CHW program after years of segmented community-based programs. The current program structure lends itself to a part-time, daily work schedule whereupon each CHW provides a diverse set of care services for children and adult men and women. The recency of the CHW … [Read more...] about Sierra Leone’s Community Health Workers
Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Program
The Community Health Worker program in Rwanda emerged in 1995 after years of instability degraded health infrastructure and outcomes. Today, Rwanda maintains a workforce of nearly 45,000 workers who provide services such as maternal check-ins and age-appropriate health assessments. These workers are globally recognized as a key driver of Rwanda’s early achievement of … [Read more...] about Rwanda’s Community Health Worker Program