Africa

By: Nargis Shirazi, Women Deliver 100 Young Leader A CHW doing growth monitoring using a MUAC tapePhoto By: Women Deliver It is a cold rainy day, and a pregnant mother’s water has just broken. A young man stares at the pouring rain hitting the muddy path and sighs. He has no way of getting his wife...

By Lauren Crigler and Donna Bjerregaard, Initiatives Inc. Initiatives Inc Community health workers (CHWs) are the ultimate frontline health workers in many health systems around the globe, playing a vital role in extending services to the most underserved populations. Last month, 60 decision-makers...

By: Susan O'Halloran MPH, Frontline Health Workers Coalition Forming a successful partnership takes commitment, work and significant thought. Partnerships can help provide more visibility to an issue using the various partner networks, bring the creative thinking of more people to the table on an...

By: Oying Rimon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Credit: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Around the world, frontline health workers are often the first link to lifesaving care and supplies, and in some cases they are the only link for families and communities in rural and impoverished areas...

By Sharon Rainey, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) “When we went to Africa, it changed us completely – there is no way the Senator could ever vote for cuts to foreign aid now.” This comment from an enthusiastic young congressional staffer at the Frontline Health Worker Coalition’s...

By AMREF staff in Ethiopia Almaz Dalsha bends low to enter the dark, quiet hut in the village of Doiso in South Omo’s Malle District. She makes out the dark form of a woman draped in a blanket, huddled on a stool at the far end of the hut. Malo Woshto watches in silence as her visitor approaches. A...