Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales

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  • Christopher David Johnson
    Public Health Wales
  • Jane Noyes
  • Andy Haines
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Kathrin Thomas
    Public Health Wales
  • Chris Stockport
    Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
  • Antonio Neves Ribas
    Ministry of Health, Esplanada dos Ministérios
  • Matthew Harris
    Imperial College London

Health policymakers in many countries are looking at ways of increasing health care coverage by scaling up the deployment of community health workers. In this commentary, we describe the rationale for the UK to learn from Brazil's scaled-up Community Health Worker primary care strategy, starting with a pilot project in North Wales.

Keywords

  • Brazil, Community Health Workers, Humans, Models, Organizational, Organizational Innovation, Pilot Projects, Primary Health Care, Wales, Journal Article
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25
JournalGlobalization and health
Volume9
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Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2013
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