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Building Health Worker Capacity on Home-Based Care and Isolation Using Digital Learning in Kenya

By Leticia Buluma “The Kenya Ministry of Health launched the Home-Based Isolation and Care protocols, on 10th June 2020 as…

4 years ago

5 ways in which the UK media can improve its coverage of COVID-19 in Africa

Written by Rachel Erskine and Janice Njoroge, Communications Managers with Amref Health Africa Africa Bracing for a Head-On Collision with…

4 years ago

Community health workers’ role in fight against pandemic

By George Oele Community Health Workers (CHWs) also known as Community Health Volunteers (CHVs), have for decades delivered essential primary…

4 years ago

Opinion: Vaccine trials start and end with the community

It starts and ends with the communities. Communities will drive the success or failure of the COVID-19 vaccine trials and…

4 years ago

Ensuring the Continuity of Reproductive Health Services during COVID-19

By John Kutna and Gilbert Wangalwa In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the provision of many health services…

4 years ago

What Next after Launching Kenya’s First Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy

By Beverly Mademba Many cycles (pun intended) have passed since we celebrated the first Menstrual Hygiene Day in 2014, and…

4 years ago

In Kenya, A Chance to See Communities Confront COVID-19

BY ERNEST WAITITU, STAFF AT THE GLOBAL FUNDIN Voices ON 09 June 2020 It feels like a year ago now. But it was…

5 years ago

Kenya’s COVID-19 Response is Affecting the Well-Being of Women and Girls

At the beginning of this year, I followed up on a story of a girl Sarah**, (not her real name)…

5 years ago

What the COVID-19 Response Has Taught Us about the Critical Role of Community Health Workers

For decades, Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been delivering primary health services in hard-to-reach regions of the world. While the…

5 years ago

The Plight of Pregnant Women during COVID-19

Health System Advocacy Partnership (HSAP) Project As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to…

5 years ago