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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 are being vaccinated by community health workers (CHWs) in a polio campaign that aims to prevent a resurgence of the dangerous disease triggered by low vaccination rates. This campaign was made possible by a… Read More »CAF-Africa PPE Supporting DRC Polio Campaign, Uganda COVID-19 Response

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