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Committed to increasing access to online information to improve the quality of community health worker (CHW) programs and services.
Committed to increasing access to online information to improve the quality of community health worker (CHW) programs and services.
If you are a Community Health Worker with a story that captures your daily work, challenges, or success; we would love to hear from you.
Learn more→ tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply in Español, Français & English→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions are encouraged to apply.
Learn more→ tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply in Español, Français & English→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions are encouraged to apply.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you are a Community Health Worker with a story that captures your daily work, challenges, or success; we would love to hear from you.
Learn more→ tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply in Español, Français & English→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions are encouraged to apply.
Learn more→ tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply in Español, Français & English→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions are encouraged to apply.
A story from Homa Bay, Kenya, is coming this November, where community health workers are breaking myths, saving lives, and reshaping how people see “silent killers” like hypertension and diabetes.
👀 Stay tuned for Mourlyne’s story on #CHWVoices.
👀 Stay tuned for Mourlyne’s story on #CHWVoices.
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A story from Homa Bay, Kenya, is coming this November, where community health workers are breaking myths, saving lives, and reshaping how people see “silent killers” like hypertension and diabetes.
👀 Stay tuned for Mourlyne’s story on #CHWVoices.
👀 Stay tuned for Mourlyne’s story on #CHWVoices.
Applications are open for #CHWVoices 2026!
If you are a CHW, this is your chance to share your story!
We encourage CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions to also apply.
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Application in multiple languages→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
If you are a CHW, this is your chance to share your story!
We encourage CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions to also apply.
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Application in multiple languages→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Applications are open for #CHWVoices 2026!
If you are a CHW, this is your chance to share your story!
We encourage CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions to also apply.
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Application in multiple languages→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
If you are a CHW, this is your chance to share your story!
We encourage CHWs from Latin America, MENA and Asia regions to also apply.
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Application in multiple languages→ shorturl.at/Rt1EX
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
Community Health Workers around the world, your voice matters!
CHW Central is now accepting applications for CHW Voices 2026.
Share your story, your impact, and what it means to serve your community
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply now → shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHW Central is now accepting applications for CHW Voices 2026.
Share your story, your impact, and what it means to serve your community
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply now → shorturl.at/Rt1EX
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Community Health Workers around the world, your voice matters!
CHW Central is now accepting applications for CHW Voices 2026.
Share your story, your impact, and what it means to serve your community
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply now → shorturl.at/Rt1EX
CHW Central is now accepting applications for CHW Voices 2026.
Share your story, your impact, and what it means to serve your community
📅 Deadline: Nov 24 (11:59 PM ET)
Learn more → tinyurl.com/yc6nrrfv
Apply now → shorturl.at/Rt1EX
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🎞️Miss our webinar - Voices from the frontlines: Community health workers in conflict-affected communities?
Watch it here
▶️https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/community-health-workers-conflict-webinar/
@cpintl.org @discoveringaub.bsky.social @chwcentral.bsky.social
Watch it here
▶️https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/community-health-workers-conflict-webinar/
@cpintl.org @discoveringaub.bsky.social @chwcentral.bsky.social
![CHW Symposium Webinar Recording - Voices from the frontlines: Community health workers in conflict-affected communities. With a photo of someone holding up a homemade sign at a demonstration and the words 'Gaza healthworers [sic] are the real heroes'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rq5qyxxeyv3eri6nma6hyf2v/bafkreid2ayaagaat4mgcm7pa5xdfh5d2mzuznwv3ygl7a42qyxiiiawgfm@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎞️Miss our webinar - Voices from the frontlines: Community health workers in conflict-affected communities?
Watch it here
▶️https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/community-health-workers-conflict-webinar/
@cpintl.org @discoveringaub.bsky.social @chwcentral.bsky.social
Watch it here
▶️https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/community-health-workers-conflict-webinar/
@cpintl.org @discoveringaub.bsky.social @chwcentral.bsky.social
The countdown is on - 4 days until the community-based primary health care (CBPHC) workshop in DC.
📅 Nov 1 | Room 103B | 11 am – 5 pm
Open to all, #APHA2025 pass is not required.
Full registration info → shorturl.at/w0xHA
📅 Nov 1 | Room 103B | 11 am – 5 pm
Open to all, #APHA2025 pass is not required.
Full registration info → shorturl.at/w0xHA
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The countdown is on - 4 days until the community-based primary health care (CBPHC) workshop in DC.
📅 Nov 1 | Room 103B | 11 am – 5 pm
Open to all, #APHA2025 pass is not required.
Full registration info → shorturl.at/w0xHA
📅 Nov 1 | Room 103B | 11 am – 5 pm
Open to all, #APHA2025 pass is not required.
Full registration info → shorturl.at/w0xHA
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🎞️ Did you miss our webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change?
If yes, watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
If yes, watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🎞️ Did you miss our webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change?
If yes, watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
If yes, watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
As a CHW supervisor, Barbara is leading Village Health Teams (VHTs), running mobile clinics, and supporting women and girls through climate and health challenges.
Her inspiring #CHWVoices feature is now live!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5dch8rzw
Her inspiring #CHWVoices feature is now live!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5dch8rzw
From Footpaths to Frontlines: Leading Community Health in Wakiso District’s Climate Crisis
Bio Barbara Claire Akello is a Community Health Worker turned supervisor of Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Wakiso District, Uganda. In Wakiso, she supports communities in Namayumba, Masulita, Kakir…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As a CHW supervisor, Barbara is leading Village Health Teams (VHTs), running mobile clinics, and supporting women and girls through climate and health challenges.
Her inspiring #CHWVoices feature is now live!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5dch8rzw
Her inspiring #CHWVoices feature is now live!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5dch8rzw
The 4th International CHW Symposium is happening online this November 12–14, 2025.
Registration is now open!
💻 Virtual via Zoom Events
🕗 08:00–19:30 ICT | 08:00–16:30 EST
🔗 Register here: www.eventpop.me/e/113904/chw...
Registration is now open!
💻 Virtual via Zoom Events
🕗 08:00–19:30 ICT | 08:00–16:30 EST
🔗 Register here: www.eventpop.me/e/113904/chw...
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The 4th International CHW Symposium is happening online this November 12–14, 2025.
Registration is now open!
💻 Virtual via Zoom Events
🕗 08:00–19:30 ICT | 08:00–16:30 EST
🔗 Register here: www.eventpop.me/e/113904/chw...
Registration is now open!
💻 Virtual via Zoom Events
🕗 08:00–19:30 ICT | 08:00–16:30 EST
🔗 Register here: www.eventpop.me/e/113904/chw...
Something inspiring is coming your way this October.
Meet Barbara, a CHW supervisor from Uganda, whose story shows what it really means to lead care in the middle of everyday challenges.
Keep an eye on CHW Voices. You won’t want to miss this one!
Meet Barbara, a CHW supervisor from Uganda, whose story shows what it really means to lead care in the middle of everyday challenges.
Keep an eye on CHW Voices. You won’t want to miss this one!
October 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Something inspiring is coming your way this October.
Meet Barbara, a CHW supervisor from Uganda, whose story shows what it really means to lead care in the middle of everyday challenges.
Keep an eye on CHW Voices. You won’t want to miss this one!
Meet Barbara, a CHW supervisor from Uganda, whose story shows what it really means to lead care in the middle of everyday challenges.
Keep an eye on CHW Voices. You won’t want to miss this one!
Community-based primary health care (CBPHC) is adaptable, close to people, and essential in crisis. That is why it matters now more than ever.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in DC for a focused workshop.
Details → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in DC for a focused workshop.
Details → shorturl.at/w0xHA
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Community-based primary health care (CBPHC) is adaptable, close to people, and essential in crisis. That is why it matters now more than ever.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in DC for a focused workshop.
Details → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in DC for a focused workshop.
Details → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Health systems are under pressure.
Funding cuts, shifting priorities, and uncertainty threaten essential services. CBPHC is how communities stay resilient.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in Washington DC to unpack this.
More info and registration → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Funding cuts, shifting priorities, and uncertainty threaten essential services. CBPHC is how communities stay resilient.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in Washington DC to unpack this.
More info and registration → shorturl.at/w0xHA
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Health systems are under pressure.
Funding cuts, shifting priorities, and uncertainty threaten essential services. CBPHC is how communities stay resilient.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in Washington DC to unpack this.
More info and registration → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Funding cuts, shifting priorities, and uncertainty threaten essential services. CBPHC is how communities stay resilient.
Join the CBPHC working group on Nov 1 in Washington DC to unpack this.
More info and registration → shorturl.at/w0xHA
Change isn’t given. It is fought for!
Sheringham, a CHP from Kenya shares how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned a grassroots dream into a national movement for justice and recognition.
Read their story: tinyurl.com/46fet8jj
Sheringham, a CHP from Kenya shares how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned a grassroots dream into a national movement for justice and recognition.
Read their story: tinyurl.com/46fet8jj
Uniting for Recognition: The Journey of CHW-CN and the Professionalization of CHPs in Kenya
Bio Sheringham Elisha is a passionate Community Health Worker (CHW) advocate and the current Secretary General of the Kenya Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN), a national CHPs’…
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September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Change isn’t given. It is fought for!
Sheringham, a CHP from Kenya shares how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned a grassroots dream into a national movement for justice and recognition.
Read their story: tinyurl.com/46fet8jj
Sheringham, a CHP from Kenya shares how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned a grassroots dream into a national movement for justice and recognition.
Read their story: tinyurl.com/46fet8jj
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Did you miss our recent webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change?
If so, watch it here: buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
If so, watch it here: buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did you miss our recent webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change?
If so, watch it here: buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
If so, watch it here: buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@chwcentral.bsky.social
@joinchic.bsky.social
Change didn’t come easy!
This September, in our #CHWVoices series, we will share a story of how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned struggle into strength; uniting Community Health Promoters (CHPs) across Kenya to demand recognition & justice.
#CHWs #HealthJustice #Kenya
This September, in our #CHWVoices series, we will share a story of how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned struggle into strength; uniting Community Health Promoters (CHPs) across Kenya to demand recognition & justice.
#CHWs #HealthJustice #Kenya
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Change didn’t come easy!
This September, in our #CHWVoices series, we will share a story of how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned struggle into strength; uniting Community Health Promoters (CHPs) across Kenya to demand recognition & justice.
#CHWs #HealthJustice #Kenya
This September, in our #CHWVoices series, we will share a story of how the Community Health Worker Champions Network (CHW-CN) turned struggle into strength; uniting Community Health Promoters (CHPs) across Kenya to demand recognition & justice.
#CHWs #HealthJustice #Kenya
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🎞️ Did you miss our recent webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change? If so, watch it here...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🎞️ Did you miss our recent webinar with @cpintl.org - Gender transformative programming: Community health workers as agents of social change? If so, watch it here...
▶️ buff.ly/qzR2YuA
@herdintl.bsky.social @joinchic.bsky.social
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Digital tools & systems equip #proCHWs to provide quality care for patients. From better training to stronger record-keeping and informed decision-making at the point of care, here are 3 digital innovations making a difference for CHWs: bit.ly/3YyFNon
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Digital tools & systems equip #proCHWs to provide quality care for patients. From better training to stronger record-keeping and informed decision-making at the point of care, here are 3 digital innovations making a difference for CHWs: bit.ly/3YyFNon
On Nov 1, 2025 in DC, join the CBPHC working group for a pre-conference workshop at APHA: CBPHC in Times of Volatility and Change.
📅 Nov 1 | ⏰ 11am –5pm ET | 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 103B
Open even if you are not registered for APHA.
Registration details: shorturl.at/w0xHA
📅 Nov 1 | ⏰ 11am –5pm ET | 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 103B
Open even if you are not registered for APHA.
Registration details: shorturl.at/w0xHA
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
On Nov 1, 2025 in DC, join the CBPHC working group for a pre-conference workshop at APHA: CBPHC in Times of Volatility and Change.
📅 Nov 1 | ⏰ 11am –5pm ET | 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 103B
Open even if you are not registered for APHA.
Registration details: shorturl.at/w0xHA
📅 Nov 1 | ⏰ 11am –5pm ET | 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 103B
Open even if you are not registered for APHA.
Registration details: shorturl.at/w0xHA
The CHW Learning Hub is here; a free open space built by CHWs for CHWs to share tools, guides, and resources that matter.
If you haven’t explored it yet, now is the time 👉 chwcentral.org/learning-hub/
@chwlearninghub.bsky.social
If you haven’t explored it yet, now is the time 👉 chwcentral.org/learning-hub/
@chwlearninghub.bsky.social
Learning Hub
A Library of Resources Dedicated to CHWs Community Health Workers do so much for others. Now, there’s a space designed to support you. The CHW Learning Hub was created by colleagues at El Sol…
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September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The CHW Learning Hub is here; a free open space built by CHWs for CHWs to share tools, guides, and resources that matter.
If you haven’t explored it yet, now is the time 👉 chwcentral.org/learning-hub/
@chwlearninghub.bsky.social
If you haven’t explored it yet, now is the time 👉 chwcentral.org/learning-hub/
@chwlearninghub.bsky.social
👏 A milestone for Zimbabwe’s health system!
The government will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers into the civil service by year-end, strengthening community health and advancing universal health coverage.
shorturl.at/pILkT
#CommunityHealth #CHWs #UHC
The government will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers into the civil service by year-end, strengthening community health and advancing universal health coverage.
shorturl.at/pILkT
#CommunityHealth #CHWs #UHC
Govt. To Absorb 22,000 Community Health Workers Into Civil Service - Health Minister ⋆ Pindula News
Zimbabwe will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs) into the civil service by the end of the year, Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has announced. Mombeshora made the annou...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
👏 A milestone for Zimbabwe’s health system!
The government will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers into the civil service by year-end, strengthening community health and advancing universal health coverage.
shorturl.at/pILkT
#CommunityHealth #CHWs #UHC
The government will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers into the civil service by year-end, strengthening community health and advancing universal health coverage.
shorturl.at/pILkT
#CommunityHealth #CHWs #UHC
Deadline approaching fast but you’ve still got time.
Submit your abstract for the International CHW Symposium before Aug 31, 2025.
CHWs, researchers, practitioners, policy folks; your work belongs here.
Details & Submit here: chwsymposium.org/call-for-abs...
Submit your abstract for the International CHW Symposium before Aug 31, 2025.
CHWs, researchers, practitioners, policy folks; your work belongs here.
Details & Submit here: chwsymposium.org/call-for-abs...
August 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Deadline approaching fast but you’ve still got time.
Submit your abstract for the International CHW Symposium before Aug 31, 2025.
CHWs, researchers, practitioners, policy folks; your work belongs here.
Details & Submit here: chwsymposium.org/call-for-abs...
Submit your abstract for the International CHW Symposium before Aug 31, 2025.
CHWs, researchers, practitioners, policy folks; your work belongs here.
Details & Submit here: chwsymposium.org/call-for-abs...
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Musu Johnson became a #proCHW after seeing friends die in childbirth. Equipped with training from LMH & Liberia's Ministry of Health, she leads a peer support group on healthy practices. "We can learn to prevent death in pregnancy & birth," she says. "Our health depends on us."
August 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Musu Johnson became a #proCHW after seeing friends die in childbirth. Equipped with training from LMH & Liberia's Ministry of Health, she leads a peer support group on healthy practices. "We can learn to prevent death in pregnancy & birth," she says. "Our health depends on us."
📖 New on CHW Voices!
Joseph Madyagwayi, a CHW from Zimbabwe shares how his work is giving men safe spaces to talk, change, and take charge of their health.
He shows what is possible when men are supported, and why CHWs are key in the fight against HIV.
Read now: tinyurl.com/fsxbz2n7
Joseph Madyagwayi, a CHW from Zimbabwe shares how his work is giving men safe spaces to talk, change, and take charge of their health.
He shows what is possible when men are supported, and why CHWs are key in the fight against HIV.
Read now: tinyurl.com/fsxbz2n7
Reaching Men Where They Are: A CHW’s Journey to Guiding Men Toward Safer, Healthier Lives
Bio Joseph Madyagwayi is a trained Community Health Worker (CHW) from Gokwe South District in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province. He trained with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Child Care in 2020 …
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August 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
📖 New on CHW Voices!
Joseph Madyagwayi, a CHW from Zimbabwe shares how his work is giving men safe spaces to talk, change, and take charge of their health.
He shows what is possible when men are supported, and why CHWs are key in the fight against HIV.
Read now: tinyurl.com/fsxbz2n7
Joseph Madyagwayi, a CHW from Zimbabwe shares how his work is giving men safe spaces to talk, change, and take charge of their health.
He shows what is possible when men are supported, and why CHWs are key in the fight against HIV.
Read now: tinyurl.com/fsxbz2n7
CHWs are stronger when they are organized.
At CHW Central, we believe in the power of strong CHW associations.
💡 Your donation will help us launch new efforts to connect, train, and uplift CHW organizing around the world.
Donate today: bit.ly/3z3LzVT
#CommunityPower #CHWsUnite #SupportCHWs
At CHW Central, we believe in the power of strong CHW associations.
💡 Your donation will help us launch new efforts to connect, train, and uplift CHW organizing around the world.
Donate today: bit.ly/3z3LzVT
#CommunityPower #CHWsUnite #SupportCHWs
August 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
CHWs are stronger when they are organized.
At CHW Central, we believe in the power of strong CHW associations.
💡 Your donation will help us launch new efforts to connect, train, and uplift CHW organizing around the world.
Donate today: bit.ly/3z3LzVT
#CommunityPower #CHWsUnite #SupportCHWs
At CHW Central, we believe in the power of strong CHW associations.
💡 Your donation will help us launch new efforts to connect, train, and uplift CHW organizing around the world.
Donate today: bit.ly/3z3LzVT
#CommunityPower #CHWsUnite #SupportCHWs
📢 New CHW Voices story dropping this August!
Joseph Madyagwayi from Zimbabwe shares how he went from battling alcohol himself to becoming a CHW who helps men open up, face challenges, and make safer choices.
Don’t miss this inspiring read!
#CHWVoices #CommunityHealthWorkers #HIV/AIDS
Joseph Madyagwayi from Zimbabwe shares how he went from battling alcohol himself to becoming a CHW who helps men open up, face challenges, and make safer choices.
Don’t miss this inspiring read!
#CHWVoices #CommunityHealthWorkers #HIV/AIDS
August 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
📢 New CHW Voices story dropping this August!
Joseph Madyagwayi from Zimbabwe shares how he went from battling alcohol himself to becoming a CHW who helps men open up, face challenges, and make safer choices.
Don’t miss this inspiring read!
#CHWVoices #CommunityHealthWorkers #HIV/AIDS
Joseph Madyagwayi from Zimbabwe shares how he went from battling alcohol himself to becoming a CHW who helps men open up, face challenges, and make safer choices.
Don’t miss this inspiring read!
#CHWVoices #CommunityHealthWorkers #HIV/AIDS