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CAF-Africa Report: Protecting the Community Health Workforce During COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge health systems, CAF-Africa partners share the process, impact, lessons learned, and recommendations from the first year of our effort to mobilize PPE for CHWs.

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CAF-AFRICA WEBINAR
PPE Access for All: The Journey and the Future

At our virtual event, CAF-Africa partners shared what we learned, what gaps remain, and explored solutions for the future to make sure CHWs are supported, protected, and supplied.

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2.5 Million PPE Donation to Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health will be distributed to Community Health Workers by UNICEF, Partners In Health

Sierra Leone will deliver over two million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) donated by the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) to 13,500 community health workers nationwide.

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COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates 1.3 million PPE Items to Community Health Workers in Togo

In partnership with Integrate Health and the Ministry of Health in Togo, CAF-Africa supplied the nation’s cadre of 11,000 CHWs with the PPE needed to aid in the fight against COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa Partners with Lwala Community Alliance, Living Goods and The Council of Governors to Donate PPEs Worth 100 Million to Help Protect Community Health Workers in Kenya

The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has partnered with Living Goods and Lwala Community Alliance to mobilize donations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that will be channeled through the Council of Governors to benefit approximately 100,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs) across all 47 counties.

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COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates 2 million PPE to DR Congo for Community Health Workers

CAF-Africa donated over 2 million PPE to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The shipment contained 973,000 gowns, 768,000 masks, 486,000 N95s–the PPE required to safeguard both primary workers and community health workers providing services at the last-mile.

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Progress Map

This is a map that shows the progress of the fund, orders sent, arrives and any countries that are in scope for donations. In addition it shows PPE need broken down by country and by commodity needed.

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A PPE Initiative for Community Health Workers

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