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Our partners and fund coordinators at the Community Health Impact Coalition discuss the beneficial and crucial role community health workers play in the COVID-19 response if they are well-supported. Community health workers have played a vital role in global health efforts by Madeleine Ballard, Carey Westgate, Ash Rogers, Jessica Cook, Stella Luk, Daniel Palazuelos, Mandy Folse, Sarah… Read More »Think Global Health: Without Community Health Workers, the Global COVID-19 Response Could Fail

In Muso’s latest news, they covered our partnership and their collaboration with government partners to quantify and supply more than six million pieces of PPE to Mali and Côte d’Ivoire. Muso has served as an operational research partner to the Malian Ministry of Health for more than a decade, working… Read More »Muso News: Mali’s Minister of Health welcomes medical equipment donated by Muso

CAF-Africa partner, VillageReach, recently wrote a blog on Global Health Clinic’s Member Spotlight discussing our radical collaboration in bringing PPE to community health workers across Africa. Destined to CollaborateBy Melissa West, Director, Advocacy & Communications, VillageReach I was finally able to trace our organization’s DNA when Mrs. Graça Machel came to… Read More »Global Health Council – Member Spotlight: VillageReach

#VaccinEquity for Health Workers We have joined the WHO campaign to ensure that vaccination of health workers and those at high risk of COVID-19 begins in all countries within the first 100 days of 2021. We ask that you read the full declaration here and add your name to show… Read More »WHO: Vaccine Equity Declaration

Community health workers are implementing low-touch protocols in their health services. With adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), community health workers can continue administering their health care services to communities in rural areas underserved by health facilities.

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers. This year, we are honoring health workers by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) which includes gloves, surgical masks and face shields or another form of eye protection. Community health workers engage in provision of care,… Read More »2021: The Year of the Health Worker

How does the Fund distribute PPE items to each country? The Fund establishes an agreement with the Ministry of Health and at least one supporting non-governmental health partner in each country. In advance of being approved for a donation, each country provides an assessment of the distribution plan and supply… Read More »How do we deliver PPE items to the last-mile?