[Comment] One term to transform: universal health coverage through professional community health workers

With a shortage of 43 million health workers and half the global population without adequate access to essential health services, now is the moment for boldness that can reshape health care for generations.1,2 Currently, millions of experienced and trusted community health workers (CHWs) operate outside formal systems with most unsupervised, unequipped, and undertrained; this situation limits their impact and harms their wellbeing.3 CHWs provide door-to-door care, link people to facilities, and offer social support.