Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

• Main Authors: Stephen Hodgins (Author), Maryse Kok (Author), David Musoke (Author), Simon Lewin (Author), Lauren Crigler (Author), Karen LeBan (Author), Henry B. Perry (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more attention in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is a risk that current CHW programme efforts may result in disappointing performance if those promoting and delivering them...