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Funding Community Health Workers

Exploring Health

In global health, we often talk about big structures and big leaders,” says Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, an associate professor at Emory University. But its the community health workers that are doing that kind of day-to-day work that actually makes these things happen.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To bolster these efforts, BCHC urges the federal government to provide sustained funding, flexible resource allocation, and direct support to local health agencies, ensuring preparedness for future public health emergencies.