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Blog: Community Health Workers

Social Accountability and Frontline Health Workers can Help Us Realize the Right to Health

For Human Rights day, this article from CARE explores the Community Score Card, a citizen-driven accountability approach that encourages both community members and frontline health workers to advocate for their rights.

Community Health Workers, family planning, CARE USA, Africa
What Community Health Workers Want: A Combination of Incentives

This piece explores the integral role of community health workers, asking the question of how health systems can incentivize community health workers, urging that they receive the training and professional support needed to conduct their life saving work.

Community Health Workers, education and training, Africa
Can the Astana Declaration Be a Turning Point to Finally Ensuring Primary Health Care for All?
by Vince Blaser

Last week delegates from more than 120 countries renewed the commitment to primary health care for all. Our Director Vince Blaser points out three factors that will be critical to achieving the Astana Declaration.

Community Health Workers
She Fights TB and HIV Door-to-Door on this Tanzanian Island
by Carol Bales

Community health workers like Nanzula link their neighbors to the essential primary health services they need.

Community Health Workers, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
End Tuberculosis by Empowering Community Health Workers
by David Bryden

Tuberculosis claims about 4,300 lives a day. Human support from frontline health workers can make the difference between life and death.

Tuberculosis, Community Health Workers