Apr 5, 2023
Augustine Kargbo has dedicated his career to community health. “I wrote my dissertation on the importance of community health workers in post-natal service,” he says. “Having community health workers in these hard-to-reach areas, after delivery, they can monitor the mother and child. We have these childhood diseases…
Apr 5, 2023
Malawi was already grappling with a cholera outbreak when Cyclone Freddy struck in February and March 2023. Driven in part by the effects of climate change, Freddy now stands as both the longest-lasting and most energy-producing tropical cyclone ever recorded. Malawi endured the worst of the storm’s…
Apr 4, 2023
When reflecting on why he became a community health worker, Mark-Pay Kaiyuway’s answer is simple: “My community needed the medicines.”
Mark-Pay lives and works in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, providing primary care to roughly 300 people across five towns. Many of his neighbors are farmers, growing crops…
