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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
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Dickson Nansima Mbewe
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Prossy Muyingo
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Ramatulai Jalloh
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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, Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy
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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, Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy
Global Health: Science and Practice Apr 2022, 10 (2) e2100648; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00648
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    • CHWS ARE CRITICAL TO KEEPING PANDEMICS IN CHECK
    • CHWS MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES DURING PANDEMICS
    • THE BEST PANDEMIC RESPONSE IS A STRONG, ACCESSIBLE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
    • INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS: ENDING COVID-19 AND PREVENTING THE NEXT PANDEMIC
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