CHW Voices Posts

Proudly a Community Health Assistant supervising CHVs

Neema Nyambura, Community Health Assistant in Kenya, Kiambu County, Juja Sub-County. Historically, and across professions, supervision has been an endeavor of task oversight and punitive, critical corrective actions. Supportive supervision is considere …

Community Health Work is a Calling: CHWs from Kiambu and San Bernardino Connect

I woke up at 5:30 am on a mid-September Sunday morning, anxiously awaiting my 6am talk with Mark Mwenda, my fellow CHW Ambassador colleague. I sat up in bed, reached in thin dark air towards my nightstand, and blindly searched for my journal. I was exc …

Community Health Roundtable Discussions: Episode 2

https://chwcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/Trevino-Podcast-Final.mp3 We are excited to share the next installment of the Community Health Roundtable Discussions, hosted by Dan Palazuelos. The most recent episode features Tiffany Treviño, currently worki …

CHW Voices – Kofi

My name is Ringwald Obah Kofi. I am from Duadaso No.2 in the Jaman North District in the Bono Region of Ghana in West Africa. I am 29 years old. I was a community health worker (CHW) under the Ghana Youth and Employment Agencies from 2016 to 2018. My c …

Community Health Roundtable Discussions

In this Community Health Roundtable discussion, Kandis Draw, a CHW with JourneyCare in Chicago, shares her experiences educating communities about and supporting patients through palliative and hospice care. Through her conversation with Dan Palazuelos …