On July 11th, Isiolo County celebrated a major milestone in the delivery of community health services with the graduation of nearly 350 community health workers (CHWs during the formal launch of the county’s community health partnership with Living Goods.

On June 24, 2019, the Cabinet of Uganda approved the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill 2019, achieving an important milestone in delivering health for…

In my community in Uganda, childhood disease is a big problem. It is a problem I used to come face-to-face with every week at my church where I would continuously see child after child come in malnourished and sick. Witnessing this, I knew I had to do something, anything to help.

Last week, we joined more than 8,000 leaders, advocates, implementers, and journalists from 165 countries in Vancouver, Canada for the 2019 Women Deliver conference. The conference, held every three years, is the world’s largest meeting on the health, rights and, well-being of women and girls.

The use of community health workers (CHWs)—community members who render primary health services to their neighbors—is a proven key strategy in addressing the growing shortage of overall health workers, particularly in…

This post first appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition’s blog. When a mother brought her one-month-old baby son to Margaret, a community health worker…

This World Health Worker Week, Living Goods is celebrating the accomplishments of community health workers (CHWs) around the world! An essential part of the primary…

In early March, more than 1,500 health stakeholders from around Africa met in Kigali, Rwanda for the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC), the largest…

With 72% of Uganda’s population living far from health centers, bringing health care to the doorsteps of families through strong community health programs is vital…