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4th INTERNATIONAL CHW SYMPOSIUM

Call for Abstracts

On the Front Lines: Empowering Community Health Workers to Create Equitable Health Systems in Contexts of Conflict, Migration and Exclusion
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025, at 11:59 pm PST

The 4th International Community Health Workers (CHW) Symposium is now accepting abstracts that reflect a wide range of perspectives from grassroots initiatives and field-based learning to research, policy, and systems-level innovations

Submissions welcome from:

Community Health Workers
Researchers, academics and students
Government officials and policymakers
NGOs, CBOs and international organizations
Private sector and health innovators

Collaborative abstracts that bridge research and practice are especially encouraged.

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A woman collects scrap metal on a trash heap in Mandalay, Myanmar, that caught fire during the 2025 earthquake.

Living on the Edge: One Woman’s Struggle After the 2025 Myanmar Earthquake

USAID Shutdown: Impacts on Global Health and Humanitarian Aid

Born in the Quake: A Mother's Fight for Life in Myanmar's Disaster Zone

Linda Smith

Linda Smith Appointed Chair of Community Partners International’s Board of Directors

A service user practices going up and down stairs at the Hpa-An Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Center in Hpa-An, Myanmar.

Prosthetics, Purpose and Possibility: The Transformative Work of the Hpa-An Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Center

Sophia, co-founder of Kokkoya Organics sits in the cafe at their urban farm in Yangon, Myanmar.

Roots of Resilience: The Quiet Power of an Urban Organic Farm in Myanmar

Cleaner Spaces, Healthier Futures: Waste Management in Rohingya Camps

Collapsed buildings and rubble in Mandalay, Myanmar, following the March 2025 earthquake.

CPI Responds to Deadly Earthquake in Myanmar

Myanmar’s Malaria Timebomb: A Global Threat?

Lahpai Seng Awn sits at her stall at a trade fair in Yangon, Myanmar, surrounded by her handmade clothes, fabrics, , jewellery and other handicrafts.

Handmade Hope: Crafting Opportunities for Myanmar’s Disabled Women

Voices of Trust: Shamjida, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, holds her baby in her arms while sitting in her shelter in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, with her husband and young daughter. Shamjida opted to vaccinate her child against ten dangerous diseases through an immunization project supported by Community Partners International.

Voices of Trust: How Rohingya Volunteers are Changing Minds on Vaccination

Water Worries: “As soon as we wake up, we think about how we will get water.”

The Silent Epidemic: Combating Hepatitis B in Myanmar

Making NCD Care Affordable: “It got so bad I had to have my leg amputated.”

International Women’s Day: Seven Women at the Forefront of Essential Services for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Food Insecurity in Myanmar: “We prioritize food for our children because their nutrition is crucial.”

Kyi Kyi Sein's Story: Sweet Potatoes and Social Impact

Daughters of the Delta: Linking Women to Health Care, Livelihoods and Leadership

Safe Births in Unsafe Places: Supporting Pregnant Women and Newborns in Myanmar’s Conflict Zones

A Lifeline for Domestic Violence Survivors in Myanmar's Karen State

A child looks over the shoulder of his mother in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, during an immunization awareness event supported by Community Partners International.

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