Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales.
Johnson, Christopher David;
Noyes, Jane;
Haines, Andy;
Thomas, Kathrin;
Stockport, Chris;
Ribas, Antonio Neves;
Harris, Matthew;
(2013)
Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales.
Globalization and health, 9 (1).
25-.
ISSN 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-9-25
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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.