Not Just for Candy Anymore: Tanzania gives vending machines a new use.
During COVID, Tanzania increased access to safer sex products and services with technology-based and community-centered solution- vending machines.
During COVID, Tanzania increased access to safer sex products and services with technology-based and community-centered solution- vending machines.
An innovative training program is boosting the capacity of health workers to meet the needs of Ecuador’s indigenous people
Shabana, a frontline Polio Worker, administers polio drops to children in Roshvala, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Photo: UNICEF Local adaptation and innovation has allowed the resumption of polio immunization campaigns — and points the way to more effective, community-based delivery of a whole range of basic health services. Countries including Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Pakistan and the …
Resumed immunization campaigns are critical to preventing COVID-19 as well as polio. Read More »
CHW Grace Karen Akinyi consults with her supervisor Shadrack Werunga, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: PCSU When COVID-19 began to spread around the world, governments needed to get prevention information out into far-flung communities, and they needed to do it quickly. Particularly in remote settings, community-based health workers (CHWs) typically serve as trusted sources for this kind …