One Million Community Health Workers

One Million Community Health Workers

Join the Count Towards One Million!

Make your project part of the count towards one million! Join the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign to show your support for the rapid deployment of one million Community Health Workers (CHWs) in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015. The aim of the 1mCHW Campaign is the expansion of CHW programs in sub-Saharan African countries, scaling… [ More ]

Building relationships for Effective CHW Scale-Up

This month, the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign team is curating a digital conversation to discuss their recent work. Join the conversation over at CHW Central to see the latest post and discuss key elements to the success of collaborations and effective scale-up. The theme of the conversation is how to best build… [ More ]

Community Health Workers – A Local Solution to a Global Problem

In a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dave A. Chokshi of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Professor Prabhjot Singh of Columbia SIPA, the Earth Institute, and Mount Sinai Hospital suggest that global lessons about how to deliver healthcare in community settings should be available across America. You can find the… [ More ]

The Backpack PLUS Collaboration

The Backpack PLUS Collaboration – a joint initiative between UNICEF, Save the Children, the MDG Health Alliance, the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign, and many other partners – has created a set of tools, including a holistic framework and prototype kit – aimed at empowering and supporting Community Health Workers (CHWs).  CHWs are widely… [ More ]

Olivia Wilde In Senegal with 1 Million Health Workers

In late July, Olivia Wilde traveled to Senegal with the One Million campaign to see firsthand the lifesaving work of Community Health Workers in the region.  “I am thrilled to be a part of this campaign,” said Wilde. “It is essential that people not only see the work that is happening on the ground but… [ More ]