Community health workers for universal health-care coverage: from fragmentation to synergy

To achieve universal health coverage, health systems will have to reach into every community, including the poorest and hardest to access. Since Alma-Ata, inconsistent support of community health workers (CHWs) and failure to integrate them into the health system have impeded full realization of the...

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Main Authors: Kate Tulenko, Sigrun Mgedal, Muhammad Mahmood Afzal, Diana Frymus, Adetokunbo Oshin, Muhammad Pate, Estelle Quain, Arletty Pinel, Shona Wynd, Sanjay Zodpey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013001100847&lng=en&tlng=en