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Community Health Workers: Forgotten No More
They crisscross the villages, urban settlements, hills, valleys and planes, sometimes on foot, sometimes on bicycles. They wear T-shirts with health messages. They carry a bag containing tablets, syrups and health information materials. They mobilize communities to go for vaccination. They distribute mosquito nets. They supply contraceptives. They accompany women to ante-natal clinics and delivery rooms and ensure that they deliver safely. They go by various names such as Community Health Workers (CHWs), Community Health Volunteers, madaktari wa kijiji (village "doctors"), and so on.
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Financing health in Africa: the time to reflect is now
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to only 12 per cent of the world’s population but accounts for 22 per cent of the total global disease burden and 68 per cent of people living with HIV/Aids.
Out of approximately 800 women who die each day worldwide due to pregnancy and childbirth complications, 440 (55 per cent) are in Sub-Saharan Africa. And children born in Africa are 16 times more likely to die before the age of five than those in the developed regions. The grim health situation is the result of a crisis in healthcare financing in the continent. With only one per cent of Read More