Media Mentions
How Busia has increased uptake of family planning services
September 4, 2023
The Community Health Workers are equipped with educational materials, which they use as a guide on a range of family planning products, how they work, and their side effects.
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Results-Based Financing: Testing an Innovative Outcome-Focused Approach
August 31, 2023
In community health contexts, meanwhile, RBF can be impactful and cost-effective but needs to be simplified to fit the environment in which it is applied to avoid discounting payment based on external, uncontrollable factors.
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BRAC: Decline in Performance Amidst Transitions
August 31, 2023
BRAC is transitioning the remaining 1,500 of their CHWs (who do not have DESC support) to government as eCHIS rolls out.
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Uganda: Tech Improvements and Data Use Driving CHW Impact
August 31, 2023
CHWs were more active and effective, driven by tech improvements, a stable supply of medicines, improved supervision and intentional data use through regular reviews that resulted in priority follow-ups to low-performing areas or CHWs.
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Burkina Faso: Supporting National Efforts and Improving Results in the Ziniaré Learning Site
August 31, 2023
In April, the Burkinabè government recruited 15,000 new community-based health workers to expand community health services in urban areas due to the migration of people from regions with major security challenges.
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eCHIS – Digitizing Community Health Workers’ in Kenya
August 30, 2023
The Kenyan Government is stepping up its efforts to fortify community health systems, a goal closely tied to Living Goods' comprehensive DESC framework.
Our collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Health and other partners has resulted in eCHIS - a unified digital health platform that spans all community health levels.
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Kenya’s Ministry of Health Accelerates Plans to Digitize All CHWs
August 29, 2023
Living Goods supported critical elements that paved the way for the digitization of the community health workforce plans, including analysis of the digital landscape, strategy development and costing and implementation planning.
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Maternal Health Champion Gladys Nasirumbi: Making a Difference in Busia, Kenya
August 25, 2023
What I enjoy most about my job is working together with communities to raise a healthy generation,” she says. She believes most maternal and child health complications can be prevented at the community level, and that inspires her.
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Isiolo: Navigating Challenges amid Drought and Political Transition
August 25, 2023
In Q2, 94% of the children 9-23 months assessed by CHWs were fully immunized, versus 88% in the same period last year.
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Busia: Learning Site Maintains Excellent Performance
August 25, 2023
Performance was buoyed by strong DESC elements, including greater supervision with our effective approach of mentoring underperforming CHWs, as well as high stock levels.