title: Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales.
abstract: Health policymakers in many countries are looking at ways of increasing health care coverage by scaling up the deployment of community health workers. In this commentary, we describe the rationale for the UK to learn from Brazil's scaled-up Community Health Worker primary care strategy, starting with a pilot project in North Wales.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Wales, Preswylfa, Mold, Flintshire CH71 PZ, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher David
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noyes
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stockport
authors.forename: Antonio Neves
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003150:Community Health Workers; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014852:Wales