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Nov 3, 2020

“If I’m expected to be paid for the work I do, what about community health workers?” Last Mile Health’s T. Ruston Yarnko on Women in Global Health and Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation Webinar

On October 28, 2020, T. Ruston Yarnko, Last Mile Health’s Director of National Community Health Systems in Liberia, shared the following remarks on the Women in Global Health and Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation webinar on women’s unpaid care work globally. 

Thank you for the…

Sep 29, 2020

Liberia: Investing in the Systems that Support Community Health Workers

Over the past three years, Last Mile Health has partnered with research institutions in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Liberia to identify trends on establishing and sustaining high-performing national community health worker programs. Together, these countries offer valuable lessons that are documented in the newly-launched Exemplars in Global Health…

Sep 2, 2020

On Liberia’s Frontlines, Sahr Joseph Nyuma Mobilizes A Community Response To COVID-19

Sahr Joseph Nyuma works for Last Mile Health as a County Manager in Rivercess County, Liberia. In collaboration with other partners and donors, Sahr and his colleagues are supporting Liberia’s Ministry of Health to train and equip the country’s nearly 4,000 community and frontline health workers to…