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Lessons from the training and recruitment of 8,000+ CHWs in Sierra Leone

By Joseph B. Sesay, Last Mile Health; Elizabeth Musa, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health; and Meredith Kimball, Exemplars in Global Health

“Community health worker programs have gained global momentum. As a country we must not be left…

When Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation began recruiting a new national cadre of community health workers in 2022, Fatmata Koroma was eager to apply. “We don’t have a health facility,” says Fatmata, who lives in the community of Ndogboi in Kono District. “Seeing the suffering of…

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