Kenya’s Community Health Workers Shortage Undermines Universal Health Care
In underserved populations, the contribution of community health workers (CHWs) is vital to the healthcare system. Preparing the health workforce to work towards the attainment of a country’s health objectives represents one of the most important chall …
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CHWs and Wellness: Your Care Matters Too!
If you’re a CHW, at some point in life, you may have learned how to care for others’ needs before your own. Our lived experiences make us experts on being in service of other people. But, sometimes we become so focused on caring for our community that …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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