巴西社区健康工作者：为家家户户送去基础医疗
In Recife, Brazil, a 45-year-old mother of three named Maria does not need to travel across town to see a doctor. Once a month, a trained neighbor called a community health agent arrives at her door, checks her blood pressure, and asks about her family's wellbeing. This simple, low-cost program has become one of the world's most successful experiments in universal primary care.
Brazil's Family Health Strategy, launched in 1994, now employs over 280,000 community health workers. They are local residents who complete a short training course and visit about 150 families each month in their assigned neighborhoods. Their job is not to treat serious diseases but to monitor chronic conditions, promote vaccination, and connect people to clinics when needed.
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