Alaska Community Health Aide Program

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The Alaska Community Health Aide Program is a statewide organization formed to link Alaskan CHWs. It joins together a network of about 550 CHW working in over 170 rural villages of Alaska. These CHW all operate under the Alaska Community Health Aide/Practioner Manual. Its mission is to define CHWs as a profession and connect them into a referral system that of physicians, clinicians, and regional hospitals.

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