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Sep 24, 2021

Introducing the Adaptation Toolkit for the COVID-19 Digital Classroom Course Series

By Julie Krause, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Specialist at Last Mile Health

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has put an enormous strain on health systems, further demonstrating the critical role of community health workers (CHWs) to provide essential care and accurate health information to their communities. While CHWs serve…

Jul 27, 2021

The Community Health Academy: Training Health Leaders

Last Mile Health’s Community Health Academy partners with governments to design and digitize curricula to upskill the community health workforce and supplement the expertise of health leaders who manage community health programs. Since its inception in 2017, these efforts have led to over 36,000 learners across more than…

Jan 29, 2021

Learning in the Time of COVID-19: A Collaborative Approach Between the University of Liberia and the Community Health Academy

By Anuoluwa Ishola

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education system globally. The United Nations reports that an estimated 1.6 billion learners in over 190 countries have been affected by the pandemic. Closure of academic institutions and other learning centers has affected more than 94 percent of the…