Ballard, MadeleineJohnson, AriNgwira, HopeOdera, MargaretMbewe, Dickson NansimaMuyingo, ProssyWabwire, John2023-02-142023-02-142022Ballard, M., Johnson, A., Mwanza, I., Ngwira, H., Schechter, J., Odera, M., ... & Nepomnyashchiy, L. (2022). Community health workers in pandemics: evidence and investment implications. Global Health: Science and Practice, 10(2).https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00648https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7796Community health workers (CHWs)—people trained to meet the health needs of their communities by delivering care in their communities—have been a critical part of health care delivery across diverse contexts for over a century.1 They have also been woefully under-supported: recent estimates suggest that across the African continent, more than 4 in 5 CHWs are unpaid.2 In the context of increasing global health insecurity and a burgeoning health workforce crisis, this trend must change. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic reminds us that CHWs who are equipped, trained, and paid as part of a well-functioning health system can help keep pandemics in check and maintain health services equity and access.enCommunity health workerscoronavirushealth servicesArticle