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Community Health Workers Help Achieve Brazil’s Healthcare Transformation

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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.