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Community Health Workers in Pandemics: Evidence and Investment Implications

Madeleine Ballard, Ari Johnson, Iris Mwanza, Hope Ngwira, Jennifer Schechter, Margaret Odera, Dickson Nansima Mbewe, Roseline Moenga, Prossy Muyingo, Ramatulai Jalloh, John Wabwire, Angela Gichaga, Nandini Choudhury, Duncan Maru, Pauline Keronyai, Carey Westgate, Sabitri Sapkota, Helen Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle Muther, Stephanie Rapp, Mallika Raghavan, Kim Lipman-White, Matthew French, Harriet Napier and Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy
Global Health: Science and Practice April 2022, 10(2):e2100648; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00648
Madeleine Ballard
aCommunity Health Impact Coalition, London, United Kingdom.
bIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Ari Johnson
cMuso, Bamako, Mali.
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Iris Mwanza
dCommunity Health Roadmap, New York, NY, USA.
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Hope Ngwira
eVillageReach, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Jennifer Schechter
fIntegrate Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Margaret Odera
gMinistry of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Dickson Nansima Mbewe
hMinistry of Health, Kasungu District, Malawi.
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Roseline Moenga
gMinistry of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Prossy Muyingo
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Ramatulai Jalloh
jMinistry of Health, Kono District, Sierra Leone.
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John Wabwire
gMinistry of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Angela Gichaga
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Pauline Keronyai
mNama Wellness, Mukono, Uganda.
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Carey Westgate
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Sabitri Sapkota
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Matthew French
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Harriet Napier
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vol. 10 no. 2 e2100648
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00648
PubMed 
35487542

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Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: September 17, 2021
  • Accepted: March 8, 2022
  • Published online April 29, 2022.

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Author Information

  1. Madeleine Ballarda,b⇑,
  2. Ari Johnsonc,
  3. Iris Mwanzad,
  4. Hope Ngwirae,
  5. Jennifer Schechterf,
  6. Margaret Oderag,
  7. Dickson Nansima Mbeweh,
  8. Roseline Moengag,
  9. Prossy Muyingoi,
  10. Ramatulai Jallohj,
  11. John Wabwireg,
  12. Angela Gichagak,
  13. Nandini Choudhuryl,
  14. Duncan Marul,
  15. Pauline Keronyaim,
  16. Carey Westgaten,
  17. Sabitri Sapkotao,
  18. Helen Elizabeth Olsenp,
  19. Kyle Mutherq,
  20. Stephanie Rappr,
  21. Mallika Raghavanq,
  22. Kim Lipman-Whites,
  23. Matthew Frenchm,
  24. Harriet Napiert,
  25. Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiyu
  1. aCommunity Health Impact Coalition, London, United Kingdom.
  2. bIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  3. cMuso, Bamako, Mali.
  4. dCommunity Health Roadmap, New York, NY, USA.
  5. eVillageReach, Lilongwe, Malawi.
  6. fIntegrate Health, New York, NY, USA.
  7. gMinistry of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
  8. hMinistry of Health, Kasungu District, Malawi.
  9. iLiving Goods, Kampala, Uganda.
  10. jMinistry of Health, Kono District, Sierra Leone.
  11. kFinancing Alliance for Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
  12. lArnhold Institute for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  13. mNama Wellness, Mukono, Uganda.
  14. nCommunity Health Impact Coalition, New York, NY, USA.
  15. oPossible, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  16. pMedic, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  17. qLast Mile Health, New York, NY, USA.
  18. rMuso, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
  19. sPossible, New York, NY, USA.
  20. tClinton Health Access Initiative, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  21. uCommunity Health Acceleration Partnership, New York, NY, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Madeleine Ballard (madeleine.ballard{at}gmail.com).
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Madeleine Ballard, Ari Johnson, Iris Mwanza, Hope Ngwira, Jennifer Schechter, Margaret Odera, Dickson Nansima Mbewe, Roseline Moenga, Prossy Muyingo, Ramatulai Jalloh, John Wabwire, Angela Gichaga, Nandini Choudhury, Duncan Maru, Pauline Keronyai, Carey Westgate, Sabitri Sapkota, Helen Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle Muther, Stephanie Rapp, Mallika Raghavan, Kim Lipman-White, Matthew French, Harriet Napier, Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy
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