Where We Work  |  Program

Background

Community Health Workers do not have a consistent supply of the full-range of health products they need to provide appropriate care at the community level. In 2019, VillageReach partnered with the Liberian Ministry of Health (MoH) and Last Mile Health to connect Community Health Workers, known as Community Health Assistants (CHAs) in Liberia, to the country’s public health supply chain. The program set out to improve product availability at the community level for hardest to reach areas in three counties—Rivercess, Brand Bassa and Grand Gedeh. As part of the Government of Liberia’s National Community Health Assistant Program this program aims to: strengthen government capacity to sustain improvements in the CHA supply chain; transform how medicines and supplies get to CHAs; improve data quality and visibility needed to manage CHA supply chains; and achieve sustainable impact at scale. In 2021 with a $1.5 million investment from the Global Fund our work in Liberia is expanding both geographically and programmatically. The initial project will be carried out in two counties, Bomi and Margibi.