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CAF-Africa delivers over 121 million pieces of PPE to CHWs in less than 2 years

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has required constant collaboration and adaptation. And while th…

CAF-Africa provides nearly 40 million pieces of PPE to community health workers in 10 African countries

When the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) released its year one report in July 2021 part…

Pandemic Action Network Brief

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) partner Pandemic Action Network drives policy and advoc…

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

In June 2020 five organizations came together with the goal of equipping and protecting community he…

CAF-Africa Releases Results from Independent Strategic Analysis

CAF-Africa’s emergency response has made an important impact to date, but there is a large unmet nee…

Direct Relief Named a Finalist in Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa Also Wins Recognition as Finalist Originally posted on Direct Relief…

Fast Company: World Changing Ideas Awards 2020

Every year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honor the businesses and organizations drivin…

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…

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

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa), an international coalition of non…

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

LUANDA, ANGOLA, March 30, 2021 – The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa), an international …

PPE Access for All: The Journey and The Future

Our CAF-Africa team and valued partners invite you to our upcoming webinar, PPE Access for All: The …

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

LOMÉ, TOGO – The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated 1.3 million pieces o…

CNBC Africa: This initiative seeks to empower community health workers in fight against COVID-19

Tapiwa Mukwashi, Director of Supply Chain at VillageReach and team lead for the Supplies Working Gro…

Africa Defense Forum Magazine

Coalition Delivers Help For COVID-19’S Front-Line Workers By ADF On Dec 8, 2020 Readi…

CAF-Africa PPE initiative for African Community Health Workers wins $250,000 grant from Bohemian Foundation

Bohemian Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) to …

Millions of PPE Donated to Malawi’s Ministry of Health for Community Health Workers

Malawi’s Ministry of Health has received over two million pieces of personal protective equipment (P…

CAF-Africa is Grand Prize Winner at the 2020 Global Health Supply Chain Summit

CAF-Africa has won the grand prize at this year’s virtual Global Health Supply Chain Summit on…

PPE Manufacturer BYD Marks Africa Mask Week with Donation of 16 Million Masks to Support the Fight Against COVID-19

BYD Care, one of the world’s largest producers of masks and other personal protection equipment (PPE…

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 …

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

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates millions of PPE to Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique for Community Health Workers

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates millions of PPE to Malawi and Uganda

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

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

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates millions of PPE to Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique for Community Health Workers

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa donates millions of PPE to Sierra Leone, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia for Community Health Workers

The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to …

CAF-Africa PPE Supporting DRC Polio Campaign, Uganda COVID-19 Response

ACCRA, Ghana, Nov. 11, 2020—In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over 3 million children ar…

Skoll Foundation awards $1,000,000 Grant to CAF-Africa PPE Initiative For African Community Health Workers

Skoll Foundation has awarded a one-million-dollar grant to the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa …

Skoll Foundation awards $1,000,000 Grant to CAF-Africa PPE Initiative For African Community Health Workers

Skoll Foundation has awarded a one-million-dollar grant to the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-…

In Uganda’s New COVID-19 Strategy Community Health Workers will lead

Community health workers will lead Uganda’s fight against COVID-19 says Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugu…

Community Health Workers in DRC have PPE to vaccinate children against polio thanks to the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa

Africa is wild polio-free, but polio vaccines are still needed. Last week health officials in the De…

[#VIDEO] CAF-Africa delivers PPE to Cote D’Ivoire in partnership with VillageReach and Muso

The COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has delivered PPE for Community Health Workers in C…

A New $100 million fund mobilizes resources to arm Africa’s health workers with PPE — Inside Philanthropy

A feature article on CAF-Africa’s PPE Initiative

Africa’s toughest battle with Covid-19 is getting enough tests done — Quartz Africa

“The good news for now, is that the impact of the pandemic (in terms of fatalities) is believed to h…

Coalition Launches $100 Million PPE Initiative for Africa’s Community Health Workers

COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa airlifting nine 747 cargo loads of masks and other PPE to 12 countri…