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We at CHAI extend our heartfelt gratitude to health workers worldwide for their resolution to overcome difficult circumstances and provide essential care to patients who need it.
Read moreThe theme for the 2018 Annual Report is ‘Our Approach in Action’. There are examples in each program section of a time that CHAI’s approach was successfully applied to support our partners toward our mission.
Read moreThe 2017 Annual Report looks back at what we have accomplished over the year, as well as toward the goals that we have set for each of our programs over the next five to 10 years.
Read moreAbout 250 million preschool children are vitamin A deficient and up to half a million of these children become blind every year, of which about 50 percent die within 12 months of losing sight. Infants and children need vitamin A to promote rapid growth, to prevent infections, and to improve prognosis for common childhood illnesses...
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, CHAI has dug into our blog archives and selected two incredible women whose stories we have previously featured. We are impressed by these women and what they have accomplished, and think you will be too. Monica Otieno: Improving access to family planning Monica grew up in rural western Kenya....
Read moreCarol M. Mufana has worked with CHAI in Zambia since 2013, but it wasn’t until her own son’s life was saved by a doctor whose training was facilitated by CHAI that the work the organization was doing really hit home. I met Dr. Vernon Pashi in June of 2017 when my one-year-old son underwent surgery...
Read moreRecognizing that Universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be realized without an adequate health workforce, CHAI along with the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), have been supporting the Zambian Ministry of Health since 2010 to recruit, train and deploy a motivated community-based health workforce. Known as Community Health Assistants (CHAs), these workers have been...
Read moreHealth workers are the backbone of any health system. When the health workforce is not aligned with demand at a particular facility it can lead to long patient waiting times, poor quality or lack of services, and overworked health workers. While many countries are aware that they face a general shortage of health workers, it...
Read moreThe provision of health services requires a sufficient number of well-trained health workers, but many countries currently face severe health workforce shortages. In the face of these gaps, it is important for governments to be able to allocate the health workers that they do employ to the areas where they are needed most. Beginning in...
Read moreOn January 27, the Government of Malawi and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) hosted a ceremony marking the official transition of newly constructed infrastructure from the Ministry of Health to colleges of nursing and midwifery. In total 11 new classrooms and student hostels were constructed for seven colleges of Nursing and Midwifery. The...
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