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How Zanzibar's Health Workers Got a Digital Payday

May 29, 2025

Community health workers (CHWs) are the backbone of achieving universal health coverage. They play a crucial role in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. To keep them motivated and effective, paying them fairly is key. The World Health Organization and groups like the Community Health Impact

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The Power of Community Health Workers in Tobacco Cessation

May 26, 2025

There is a big problem with tobacco use in communities with low income. Not everyone has easy access to help for quitting. This is where community health workers, or CHWs, come in. They can reach people who need help the most. The C. H. A. N. G. E. project was created to give CHWs special training.

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Empowering Local Health Champions: The Key to Better Care

April 24, 2025

The World Health Organization has raised an alarm. By 2030, there could be a shortage of 14 million health workers. This gap will hit the Global South the hardest. But there is a solution. Community health workers (CHWs) could step in to fill the void left by professional health care workers. Recent

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Bed Nets for Better Health: A Pilot Study in Uganda

January 25, 2025

Imagine a world where every night, kids sleep safe from malaria under special insect-killing nets. That's what Uganda wants, but these nets wear out fast, leaving gaps in protection. A recent study in Western Uganda tried something new. They trained local health workers to give out these nets, calle