YouTube Link: Interview with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya) In this PIH interview, Dan Palazuelos continues his vibrant roundtable series. He sat down with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance in Kenya. Lwala is known for its excellence in service delivery, and perhaps more importantly, its practice of … [Read more...] about Podcast: Interview with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya)
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CHW Defies Culture and Encourages Women to Give Birth in Hospital
Lochuch, a CHW in Kenya, faces many challenges in her job as she tries to protect the health of those in her community. She has dealt with angry husbands and ambulance denials; actions that could lead to harm of pregnant women. Lochuch is working to ensure that women can deliver in a hospital. This article details her personal experience overcoming … [Read more...] about CHW Defies Culture and Encourages Women to Give Birth in Hospital
Community Health Worker’s Role in Bridging the Gap to Universal Healthcare in Rural Kenya
Kenya does not have a strong health infrastructure to support its people causing concern with current universal healthcare goals. Kenya worries it will not be able to deliver care without a strong CHW program such as Rwanda’s. Although Kenya already has CHWs working in certain areas, they are overwhelmed with large numbers of families per CHW and are not able to … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker’s Role in Bridging the Gap to Universal Healthcare in Rural Kenya
A scorecard for assessing functionality of community health unit in Kenya
Amref Health Africa in Kenya has developed a replicable Community Health Units (CHUs) Functionality Scorecard for measuring and managing the functionality of CHUs. The scorecard was designed and piloted at 114 CHUs in Rift Valley province in Kenya. The scorecard categorized CHUs as Functional, Semi-functional, or Non-Functional. Before and after data was used to assess the … [Read more...] about A scorecard for assessing functionality of community health unit in Kenya
Effect of Community Health Strategy on Focused Antenatal Care Coverage: A Pretest-Posttest Experimental Study in Rural Mwingi West Sub-County; Kenya
In Kenya, maternal and child mortality rates are still high despite government efforts aimed at improving MCH. This study’s objective was to determine the effect of a CHW led primary health care intervention, Community Health Strategy (CHS) on focused antenatal care (FANC) in Mwingi, Kenya. Researchers employed a pretest -posttest experimental study design with 1 pretest and 2 … [Read more...] about Effect of Community Health Strategy on Focused Antenatal Care Coverage: A Pretest-Posttest Experimental Study in Rural Mwingi West Sub-County; Kenya