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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

by CAFAfrica
April 26, 2021July 20, 2021

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. On 27 th April 2021,… Read More »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

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa Donates 2.8 Million PPE items to Help Protect Community Health Workers in Zambia

by CAFAfrica
April 15, 2021July 20, 2021

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa), an international coalition of non-governmental organizations, partnered with Amref Health Africa in Zambia (AMREF) and the Ministry of Health Zambia to procure and deliver almost 2.8 million pieces of PPE to Zambia’s community health workers. “The reality on the ground… Read More »COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa Donates 2.8 Million PPE items to Help Protect Community Health Workers in Zambia

Devex Opinion: Why and how to take action for front-line health workers

by CAFAfrica
April 12, 2021July 20, 2021

By David Bryden, Tapiwa Mukwashi, Laura Solia Shellaby This time last year, on the heels of World Health Worker Week, support for the global health workforce had never been stronger. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, applause broke out at shift changes, volunteers sewed masks in response to personal protective equipment shortages, and… Read More »Devex Opinion: Why and how to take action for front-line health workers

The Skoll Foundation: Strengthening Health Systems and Preventing Pandemics

by CAFAfrica
April 7, 2021July 20, 2021

OVERVIEW The COVID-19 crisis that has spread across the globe has been swift and devastating. It magnified existing inequities and disproportionately hurt communities with weak health systems and limited access to care. The Skoll Foundation supports social innovations that strengthen health systems in an equitable manner and build global systems… Read More »The Skoll Foundation: Strengthening Health Systems and Preventing Pandemics

CAF-Africa Donates 300,000 PPE Items to Help Protect Angola’s Community Development and Sanitary Agents

by CAFAfrica
March 30, 2021July 20, 2021

LUANDA, ANGOLA, March 30, 2021 – The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa), an international coalition of non-governmental organizations, worked with the Ministry of Health and World Vision International to procure and deliver more than 300,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) items for Angola’s Community Development and Sanitary Agents, also known… Read More »CAF-Africa Donates 300,000 PPE Items to Help Protect Angola’s Community Development and Sanitary Agents

Photos from the Frontlines

by CAFAfrica
March 26, 2021July 20, 2021

PPE Access for All: The Journey and The Future

by CAFAfrica
March 19, 2021July 20, 2021

Our CAF-Africa team and valued partners invite you to our upcoming webinar, PPE Access for All: The Journey and The Future. We have generated extensive lessons learned in supplying PPE for community health workers in 18 countries. Ten months into the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, we will discuss lessons learned… Read More »PPE Access for All: The Journey and The Future

Photos from the Frontlines

by CAFAfrica
March 11, 2021July 20, 2021

VillageReach: Vaccines touch down across Africa: Now the work begins

by CAFAfrica
March 10, 2021July 20, 2021

By Emily Bancroft, President, VillageReach I never thought I’d be so excited by pictures of boxes being unloaded from airplanes. When I saw the photos come streaming across social media this week, I breathed a deep sigh of relief. The pallets being wheeled onto the tarmac meant that COVID-19 vaccines… Read More »VillageReach: Vaccines touch down across Africa: Now the work begins

Panorama Global: 2020 Global Report

by CAFAfrica
March 5, 2021July 20, 2021

Our partners at Panorama Global have worked with us to bring PPE to CHWs across africa. Check our their 2020 Global Action Report to learn what else they have been up to.