One Million Community Health Workers

One Million Community Health Workers

Achieving universal health coverage: CHWs are at the root of the solution, new study shows
Photo Credit: Ivy Mushamiri

An exciting recent publication from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health builds on the momentum from 2013 around Community Health Workers (CHWs) and their vital role in the movement towards primary health care and achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The article — “Community Health Workers in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries:… [ More ]

Dreaming of an end to malaria in our lifetime: Dare to dream with us?

Some folks are dreaming of an end to malaria in our lifetime – not through persistent vector control, or diagnosis and treatment efforts alone, but through vaccination. Of course, there isn’t a malaria vaccine yet, but what if there were one? What role could Community Health Workers (CHWs) play in helping to end malaria with… [ More ]

Happy World Malaria Day 2014!

The motto for this year’s World Malaria Day celebration is “Invest in the future: defeat malaria.” This themed day is meant to emphasize the importance of achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the eradication of malaria is central in this step. We, the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign team, want to also… [ More ]

Ghana Completes the 1st CHW Roadmap With the 1mCHW Campaign

The One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign is pleased to present the Government of Ghana’s National Community Health Worker Program Operational Roadmap. The Campaign has worked closely with the Government of Ghana since April 2013 to develop a Roadmap for building a national community health worker cadre. The Roadmap details the technical model of… [ More ]

Celebrating Community Health Workers: A Look Back to 2013

As the second annual World Health Workers Week (April 7-11, 2014) draws to a close, we wish to look back at the ways in which community health workers (CHWs) have been honored over the past year – especially for their incredible power for aiding social and economic development through the health sector. In particular, the… [ More ]