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Organisational Update: Transition in Living Goods’ CEO Role
March 12, 2024
Today, we would like to share an update on changes at Living Goods’ senior-most leadership level. These changes will take effect at the beginning of 2025 and are the result of careful planning.
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A Letter from our CEO
February 26, 2024
In the three countries where we operate (Kenya, Uganda, and Burkina Faso), governments are implementing electronic community health information systems (eCHIS) to eventually support 200,000 CHWs reaching 120 million people.
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Burkina Faso: A Family’s Journey with Community Health Support
February 20, 2024
Bougma Asise’s wife—Félicité Sawadogo—is expecting a child. Years ago, this would have posed challenges, given that the nearest healthcare facility is 6 kilometers away and…
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Catherine Zoungrana, a CHW in Burkina Faso, employs digital tools to transform child healthcare
February 15, 2024
Catherine Zoungrana is a community health worker (CHW)-called ASBC (Agent de Santé à Base Communautaire) in Burkina Faso- based in Ziniaré. She is supported…
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Kenya’s Health Ministry Accelerates Community Health Program
February 5, 2024
The Kenyan Ministry of Health has fast-tracked the implementation of the revitalized Community Health Promoters (CHP) Program. Six months after launching the program, more than 50% of counties have distributed kits and smartphones to CHPs, and 24 counties have trained CHPs on e-CHIS. However, less than 20% of counties have trained CHPs on the use of CHP kits.
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Kisumu County Reaches 100% CHW Coverage
December 14, 2023
Following an impact optimization plan launched last quarter, CHWs in Kisumu largely maintained stable performance in Q3, although it still fell below the target. Notably, in collaboration with the county government, we completed the training of the final cohort of 465 CHWs, achieving 100% coverage in the county.
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Uganda: CHW Performance on Track as Government Rolls Out eCHIS
December 14, 2023
Overall performance remained on track in our Uganda learning site in Q3. After significant efforts, we had the best tech stability in several years after significant efforts, including continuous timely follow-up of non-reporting community health workers (CHWs) and resolution of emerging tech issues.
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Isiolo: CHWs Show Resilience in A Challenging Context
December 14, 2023
By investing time to build back relations with the new county government, we successfully secured official approval from the county government to revert to full digital reporting in Q3, though this is not yet operational.
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Leveraging Telehealth to Improve Access to Maternal and Neonatal Care
December 14, 2023
While there has been significant progress in reducing newborn and maternal deaths globally, many mothers and newborns are still lost to preventable or treatable causes—particularly…
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Ugandan MoH Selects Living Goods to Lead eCHIS Rollout
December 14, 2023
The Ugandan MoH selected Living Goods to lead the rollout of the electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) in six districts of Oyam, Lira, Amuru,…