Community Health Workers Help Achieve Brazil’s Healthcare Transformation

BRAZIL—Specialists in public health have been fascinated by the huge progress made in reducing the burden of disease in Brazil, which has now been investigated in a series of articles in the medical journal: The Lancet. Professor Sir Andy Haines of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discusses the implications of this advance in the health of a nation brought about partly through changes in family and primary healthcare where novel low-cost options have brought big benefits.

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