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  CHWs– A Call for Integration into the Formal Health Workforce

  For decades, Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been delivering primary health services in hard-to-reach regions of the world. While the term CHW and Community Health Volunteers (CHV) have been used interchangeably to mean the same thing, in Kenya, the use of the term ‘volunteer’ means that they are not required to be compensated. This is the case in many other African countries, where CHWs or CHVs are not paid for the vital health services they provide for their communities. Amref Health Africa has long recognised the value of CHWs in creating lasting health change in Africa. That

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