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Research &
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Research That Empowers Change

Community Partners International empowers vulnerable communities in Asia, with particular focus on Myanmar and Bangladesh, to conduct research on health care, humanitarian services, and sustainable development. Our research focuses on a wide range of topics, including public health, health and human rights, health system strengthening, infectious disease, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, and maternal, newborn and child health.

Community-Led Participatory Research

We help communities set their research agenda and lead participatory research initiatives that meet international standards and ethical principles. We support them to build data collection and information systems, and use research findings to improve essential services, governance and livelihoods, inform strategy development, service planning, and implementation.

Additionally, we build and guide research coalitions involving community partners, academic institutions, foundation and institutional donors, and other stakeholders to transform research into practical and effective action.

Recent Publications

Recent publications to which our staff, partners and affiliates have contributed include:

  • One Term to Transform: universal health coverage through professional community health workers
    The Lancet, December 2024 | Read Now
  • Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of screening and preventive interventions for cardiovascular disease in Myanmar: an economic modelling study
    The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, July 2024 | Read Now
  • How political engineering can make health a bridge to peace: lessons from a Primary Health Care Project in Myanmar’s border areas
    ​BMJ Global Health, October 2022 | Read Now
  • Equity Assessment of Childhood Immunization at National and Subnational Levels in Myanmar: A Benefit Incidence Analysis
    BMJ Global Health, July 2022 | Read Now
  • Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in South Asia: Study Results from Bangladesh and Nepal
    JHU | UNICEF | UNFPA | WRC, October 2020 | Read Now

Learning Hub

Check out our Learning Hub to see research publications and technical resources to which our staff, partners and affiliates have contributed.

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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.

Learn More | Submit an Abstract
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Publications & Technical Resources

Learning Hub

Check out our Learning Hub to view publications and technical resources developed by or in association with Community Partners International and our partners.

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