Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales.

Christopher David Johnson ; Jane Noyes ; Andy Haines

; Kathrin Thomas ; Chris Stockport ; Antonio Neves Ribas ; Matthew Harris ; (2013) Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales. Globalization and health, 9 (1). 25-. ISSN 1744-8603 DOI: 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.

Item Type	Article
Keywords	Community Health Worker, Reverse innovation, Primary care, primary-care, program
ISI	320333900001
Date Deposited	29 Jul 2013 19:07