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…
Apr 3, 2023
When Ekram Redwan began her career in Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health in 2012, the country faced a massive shortage of health workers. “The proportion of health workers to population was way below the WHO standard,” she recalls. The flagship Health Extension Program, which trains and deploys female community health…
Mar 24, 2023
March 24, 2023 – On the final day of the 3rd International Community Health Workforce Symposium in Monrovia, Liberia, Minister of Health Dr. Wilhemina Jallah announced the Monrovia Call to Action.
The Monrovia Call to Action
For investing in community health programs as an integral path to universal health coverage.
We…
