Phionah Ahumuza is a 23 year old mother and wife living in the Ruhiira Parish, Uganda. She is a senior Community Health Woker with 140 house holds that have 150 children under five and currently five pregnant mothers. She was born in Ntungamo district and got married in Isingiro, Ruhiira. Phionah has been a CHW… [ More ]
Today marks one-year since the launch of the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign! We have lots to celebrate as we continue to mobilize support for the integration of professionally trained community health workers (CHWs) into national health workforces in sub-Saharan Africa. Here are some highlights of the year: Ten countries have requested support… [ More ]
Congratulations to Roseline Nuhu! Roseline, a community health worker (CHW) from the Millennium Village Project in Pampaida, Nigeria, is a winner of this year’s REAL Awards! The REAL Awards, given by Save the Children and Frontline Health Workers Coalition, were created to celebrate the life saving work that CHWs do everyday – honoring dedicated CHWs… [ More ]
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 ]
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 ]
