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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 safeguard routine health services at the last mile in 20+ African countries. The grant supports the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) through CAF-Africa, the only effort dedicated to mobilizing PPE for one million Community… Read More »CAF-Africa PPE initiative for African Community Health Workers wins $250,000 grant from Bohemian Foundation

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-Africa) to protect Community Health Workers (CHWs) providing routine health services at the last mile in 20+ Africa countries.  The grant will support in-country supply chain infrastructure to distribute  PPE–gloves, surgical masks, gowns, and face shields… Read More »Skoll Foundation awards $1,000,000 Grant to CAF-Africa PPE Initiative For African Community Health Workers

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 Democractic Republic of the Congo (DRC)  launched a polio campaign to prevent future outbreaks.  Back in May, UNICEF predicted that DRCs Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) would be at risk because health workers did… Read More »Community Health Workers in DRC have PPE to vaccinate children against polio thanks to the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa

[#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 Côte D’Ivoire to the Ministry of Health in Abidjan. CAF-Africa is a radically collaborative $100 million PPE initiative spearheaded by 30 leading health and community development partners with the shared how to equipping one million… Read More »[#VIDEO] CAF-Africa delivers PPE to Cote D’Ivoire in partnership with VillageReach and Muso

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 have been tempered by Africa’s relatively young population. But it remains to be seen if that trend will hold up in the event of sharp increases in case numbers, as experts… Read More »Africa’s toughest battle with Covid-19 is getting enough tests done — Quartz Africa

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 countries in first round Largest mobilization of PPE to Africa aims to protect one million community health workers in 24 countries from COVID-19 Coalition seeks to raise up to $100 million to fill… Read More »Coalition Launches $100 Million PPE Initiative for Africa’s Community Health Workers