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. 2022 Apr 29;10(2):e2100648.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00648. Print 2022 Apr 28.

Community Health Workers in Pandemics: Evidence and Investment Implications

Madeleine Ballard  1   2 , Ari Johnson  3 , Iris Mwanza  4 , Hope Ngwira  5 , Jennifer Schechter  6 , Margaret Odera  7 , Dickson Nansima Mbewe  8 , Roseline Moenga  7 , Prossy Muyingo  9 , Ramatulai Jalloh  10 , John Wabwire  7 , Angela Gichaga  11 , Nandini Choudhury  12 , Duncan Maru  12 , Pauline Keronyai  13 , Carey Westgate  14 , Sabitri Sapkota  15 , Helen Elizabeth Olsen  16 , Kyle Muther  17 , Stephanie Rapp  18 , Mallika Raghavan  17 , Kim Lipman-White  19 , Matthew French  13 , Harriet Napier  20 , Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy  21
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Community Health Workers in Pandemics: Evidence and Investment Implications

Madeleine Ballard et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Community health workers have long played a critical role in preventing, detecting, and responding to pandemics across the globe. To expand, improve, and institutionalize these services, changes in the approach to bi/multilateral aid and private philanthropic investments in low- and middle-income countries are required.

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