Mar 9, 2023
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…
Jul 27, 2020
This piece was originally featured on Prevent Epidemics by Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies
As the world grappled with a new and unprecedented health threat, every country faced the challenge of training and empowering their frontline health workers to safely identify and treat patients and help…
Jan 24, 2020
Since 2016, more than 3,600 community and frontline health workers have been trained and deployed to provide life-saving care to those living in rural and remote communities through the National Community Health Assistant Program, cumulatively conducting over 2.6 million home visits. With over 80% of the workforce…
