One Million Community Health Workers

One Million Community Health Workers

Archive: Dec 2013

CHWs contribute to 90% decline in child mortality in Mali

The 1mCHW Campaign team is so impressed by Project Muso, run by an NGO that focuses on community empowerment, and the remarkable impact they have had on child mortality. Community Health Workers (CHWs) play an important role in the small community in Mali where this project operates. Success there, in one of the world’s poorest… [ More ]

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICDT) Conference and Health

This year, the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICDT) was held from December 7 to 10 in Cape Town, South Africa. ICDT2013 is the 6th in a series of annual conferences aimed toward “examining the role of computers and communications in social, economic, and political development.” By mobilizing global support for… [ More ]

Galvanizing Commitment to Universal Health Coverage – Results from the 3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH)

It isn’t often that one gets two conferences in one; but the well-attended pre-conference side sessions at the Third Global Forum on HRH held in Recife, Brazil provided such an opportunity. The topic of particular interest to me was how support for community health workers (CHWs) and primary health care (PHC) systems could be better… [ More ]