WiRED’s Community Health Worker Training Program

Posted WiRED International
Print Friendly, PDF & Email

 

The coronavirus has crushed healthcare systems around the world. And it’s especially cruel in the poorest regions, where there are fewer than one doctor for 20,000 people. In these places,
officials are calling on community health workers to help the sick and teach people how to
avoid contracting the virus…

This video tells the story about how WiRED’s
Community Health Worker Training Program
is addressing the problem.

Producers: Jon Ecklund and Virgil Scudder; voice-over: Fiona Jones.
Photographers: Brian Colombe, Joe Marilo, Gary Wisser and Arlene Islas.