Mind the Global Community Health Funding Gap

Community health workers play a critical role in providing both essential health services and pandemic response. Community health demonstrates a strong return on investment, but funding for this sector is limited and fragmented. Understanding the underlying costs of a community health system is cruc...

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Autores principales: Gichaga, Angela, Masis, Lizah, Chandra, Amit, Palazuelos, Dan, Wakaba, Nelly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7971370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727316
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00517
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author Gichaga, Angela
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description Community health workers play a critical role in providing both essential health services and pandemic response. Community health demonstrates a strong return on investment, but funding for this sector is limited and fragmented. Understanding the underlying costs of a community health system is crucial for both planning and policy; the data demonstrate a strong investment case.
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spelling pubmed-79713702021-03-19 Mind the Global Community Health Funding Gap Gichaga, Angela Masis, Lizah Chandra, Amit Palazuelos, Dan Wakaba, Nelly Glob Health Sci Pract Commentary Community health workers play a critical role in providing both essential health services and pandemic response. Community health demonstrates a strong return on investment, but funding for this sector is limited and fragmented. Understanding the underlying costs of a community health system is crucial for both planning and policy; the data demonstrate a strong investment case. Global Health: Science and Practice 2021-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7971370/ /pubmed/33727316 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00517 Text en © Gichaga et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00517
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