During the 1mCHW Campaign’s ICT for Health conference in June 2016, The Millennium Promise Alliance (MP) and Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) signed a partnership agreement to improve the health and wellbeing of cocoa farmers in six regions of Ghana. In her speech at the conference the KKFU’s President, Madam Fatima Ali, spoke of the… [ More ]
From June 27 – 29, experts in ICT and development from the US and Ghana gathered at the University of Ghana’s campus in Accra for the Campaign’s first conference on ICT for Health. The three days revolved around one primary question: how to develop an integrated ICT platform for improved health services in Ghana? The… [ More ]
In early 2016, Ghana Health Services (GHS) requested the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign to assist in promoting awareness of trending health issues in Ghana. In May 2016, diverse health posters were displayed on the walls of the GHS Headquarters along the road between the office and a commercial business area at a… [ More ]
In February 2016, UNAIDS and the 1mCHW Campaign formed a strategic partnership to support the 90-90-90 treatment targets for 2020. The targets are part of the UNAIDS 2016-2021 Strategy whose goal is to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Achieving the 90-90-90 target will see 90% of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status,… [ More ]
This post was written by Polly Walker from World Vision International and Raymond Owusu from World Vision Ghana. GHANA’S ‘PARADIGM SHIFT’ FOR CHWs The global community has increasingly recognized the contribution of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in reducing maternal and child mortality in the hardest to reach communities with lowest access to health care. Over… [ More ]
