by admin | Oct 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Health Worker Capacity, Immunization, Malawi
Originally posted on Gavi.org. A shortage of health workers has made the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in many lower-income countries a major challenge. In Malawi, community health workers are helping to fill the gap. The roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine has...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Funding, Health Worker Capacity
Originally posted on Skoll.org. As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic bore down in Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2020, Bébé Bola, a community health worker (CHW) in the Pakadjuma township of Kinshasa knew that she and her colleagues lacked the...
by admin | Apr 26, 2019 | Health Worker Capacity, Supply Chain, Vaccines
Jean Louis Esanzo, is the Superintendent Nurse at the Konongo Health Center, in the Mankanza health district of Equateur province, DRC. Konongo Health Center supplies vaccines and essential medicines for many surrounding villages. However, the only way to get vaccines...
by admin | Dec 20, 2018 | Health Worker Capacity, health workforce development, Malawi, Pharmacy, Supply Chain
A Success Story Pharmaceutical management is something that Kelliter Chizinga had always wanted to study and pursue as a career. In November 2016, Chizinga’s passion for being of service to the community motivated her to enroll at the Malawi College of Health...
by admin | Jun 1, 2018 | Health Worker Capacity, health workforce development, human resources for health, Malawi, Pharmacy
Mbang’ombe 1 Health Center is in the back yard of Lilongwe International Airport. In terms of access to quality health services however, the facility might as well be far from Lilongwe. At approximately 50 km from the Lilongwe District Health Office and Central...
by admin | Apr 25, 2018 | data for decision making, distribution system, Health Worker Capacity, health workforce development, Supply Chain
I had the privilege of meeting Ruphin Ndumbala on my recent visit to Equateur province, DRC. Ruphin is one of the many frontline health workers who go above and beyond to ensure vaccines reach every last child. Recently, he made a promise, and I was honored enough to...
