Community Health Impact Coalition

We’re excited to share that CHIC has been named a winner of the 2025 Skoll Award for Social Innovation!

We are thrilled that this Award is shining a spotlight on our ongoing efforts to support community health workers.

Thank you to the @SkollFoundation for amplifying the voices of innovators around the world.

1984. That's when Malawi began paying CHWs as salaried members of the public health system.

Four decades later, that early commitment has expanded into a professional workforce embedded in primary care.

But longevity doesn't equal sustainability. Malawi, and many other countries, need to ensure the systems underneath the policy are actually holding. Are CHWs consistently financed? Supervised? Connected to national infrastructure as the program grows?

CHIC's proCHW Policy Dashboard Version 2.0 was built to answer those questions at the country level. It goes beyond whether a proCHW policy exists and examines whether the structures to implement it are in place.

See where Malawi stands — and what 40 years of proCHW investment looks like in practice.

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Change in community health doesn’t happen in a straight line.

Ministries of Health already want stronger systems. What slows progress is risk—unclear guidance, uncertain financing, and uneven pressure.

When those conditions shift, action follows.

This is the focus of CHIC’s work—shifting the conditions that make progress possible.

Explore how that takes shape across guidance, financing, and country action so proCHWs become the norm worldwide.

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During outbreaks like Ebola, CHWs help counter misinformation, promote protective behaviors, and build confidence in public health interventions.

No other actor in a health emergency holds that position.

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Community health can be discussed as an expense. Kenya is making the case that it's an investment.

At #WHA79, Kenya's Principal Secretary of Health Mary Muthoni Muriuki highlighted how scaling community health interventions can reduce healthcare costs, strengthen productivity, and build resilience against future health threats.

As countries navigate tighter budgets and shifting funding landscapes, Kenya's demonstrate how investments in community health can support both stronger health outcomes and stronger economies.