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Personal Stories
Children as Agents of Change in the Fight against Malaria
The continued spread of malaria has been attributed to, among other issues, information gaps among local communities, and specifically information on its cause and prevention. To equip communities with the right information, Amref Health Africa in Kenya in partnership with the National Malaria Control Program developed a school health program leveraging on the potential of children as agents of change within their families and the community without interfering with their academics. By sharing information on malaria taught in school with their families, questioning existing practices at home, a
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Community Interventions to End Malaria Â
Millicent Ambani is a Nurse at Mumias Modern Health Centre. She is the deputy in charge of the health facility and one of her roles is to release rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to the Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS) to distribute them to the Community Health Volunteers (CHVS) based in the community. CHVs are tasked with addressing uncomplicated malaria cases in the community as well as educating fellow community members on best practices to prevent, control and treat malaria. Using the Community Case Management of Malaria approach implemented through the Global Fund Malaria projec
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Milestones Courtesy of Partnership between Amref and the Community
David Nakaya is a Community Health Volunteer from Ekaita sub- location, Ekaita Community Unit in Emuhya Sub County, Vihiga County.  Ekaita Community Unit (CU) has a total of ten CHVs who were recruited in a chief’s baraza by community members and David is one of the ten CHV members successfully selected by the community members in 2012. He doubles up as a farmer and a preacher, roles he attributes to his success in his duties as a CHV as he is publicly known and thus stands a better chance to influence the community. He appreciates the good working relation with Amref Health Africa an
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Amref impacting the health of communities through Community Health Volunteers
Kenya and most developing nations face a dire shortage of human resources for health, a situation that is worsened by the overwhelming demands of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Community health volunteers (CHVs) play a role in creating demand for health care services, disease prevention, treatment and care. Amref Health Africa in Kenya with funding from Global Fund is implementing a pilot project for integrating HIV, TB and malaria through Community Health System Strengthening (CSS) in Emuhaya sub-county. Emuhaya is one of five Sub Counties in Vihiga County with a population of about 1
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