Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: an overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness

Publish Date: March 2014
Author: Henry B. Perry, Rose Zulliger, Michael M. Rogers
Language: English

This Annual Review of Public Health journal article highlights the key role played by community health workers (CHWs) in extending and improving health care for more than 50 years.

The authors express their appreciation to the MDG Health Alliance and to the USAID-supported Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) for their financial support, which made this work possible.

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