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October Report from WiRED Community Health Workers in Western Kenya
In Kisumu, Kenya WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) confront a staggering number of challenges every month in order to elevate the health of thousands of people in the region.
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Residents in western Kenya, where WiRED International serves, face ongoing poverty, disease and hunger each day, but their lives are especially difficult around the holidays. In response, Sr. Bernadette Nealon
WiRED’s Foundational VALUES
For nearly 30 years, WiRED’s volunteers have been providing health education to underserved communities around the world. In the coming months, we will reflect on a selection of our programs and activities
WiRED Community Health Workers Continuing Vital Health Work in Kenya
In today’s world, fraught with disease, conflict and the disastrous impact of climate change, everyone’s mental health can suffer — especially for 75% of people with depression who live in low-resource regions
What We Do
Community Health Worker (CHW) Program
Community Health Training
Vaccinator Training Program (VTP)
WiRED’s CHW Program is the latest addition to our health education courses. It provides a three-week training program followed by ongoing continuing health education activities. Like all WiRED’s material, the curriculum is free. Learn more here.
WiRED makes available hundreds of evidence-based health training modules designed for medical personnel as well as people who are not medical professionals. The aim of these programs is to strengthen community illness prevention and enable people to participate in their own health care. Learn more here.
Train vaccinators today to administer vaccines that arrive tomorrow.
Effective COVID-19 vaccines are now being released, and soon they will reach underserved regions. But, where will low-resource countries find enough trained people to vaccinate the population? WiRED’s Vaccinator Training Program (VTP) — based on WHO vaccination guidelines — trains people at the local level. Learn how here.
WiRED’s partnerships are central to the successful distribution of our materials. WiRED develops the health modules and training programs, supplies the hardware, software and teacher training, and then works with our partners who take these resources the last mile.
What We’ve Done
During the past two decades, WiRED has delivered innovative health education solutions to low-resource communities throughout the world. We were the first to provide Internet connections in war-ravaged towns throughout the former Yugoslavia; to offer IT-based training programs to Iraqi doctors, to bring computer-based, HIV/AIDS training to East Africa during the height of the crisis; and to present Ebola training to communities in West Africa during the outbreak. Click History to learn more about WiRED’s firsts and accomplishments.
These narratives and the timeline will guide you through WiRED’s 20+ year history
from our beginnings on the ground in the war-torn former Yugoslavia
to our training programs today that are accessible anywhere anytime.
Health Learning Center
WiRED creates and releases modules designed to benefit public health and to reflect a full scope and depth of coverage of key health topics. We upgrade modules as needed to keep pace with medical advances. New module topics are often suggested by doctors and other health professionals to be of concern within the low-service communities they serve.
WiRED’s special series allow users to gain comprehensive knowledge on a given subject. Our series include packages on Mother and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Diabetes, Echocardiology and more. Also, we bundle modules into series in foreign languages such as Spanish and Armenian.
ENTIRE HEALTH LEARNING LIBRARY
Our e-library allows physicians and nurses, community health workers and general audiences to address the prevention and treatment of both infectious and noncommunicable diseases in underserved regions. WiRED’s 400+ health modules are available free of charge by anyone anywhere for copying and download onto computers, flash drives and other portable storage media.
HealthMAP
You can download all 400+ of WiRED’s health modules through WiRED’s Health Module Access Program (HealthMAP) by clicking here. This easy-to-use free program will enable you to create your own customized collection of health learning modules. You can learn more about HealthMAP by viewing the video to the right.
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WiRED International Preparing for A New Community Health Worker Training Program in Nigeria
The Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah Fund
Happy Holidays from WiRED International
WiRED’s Foundational VALUES
Cholera Deaths Climb Globally
Monthly Update from WiRED’s Community Health Workers in Kenya
Global Supply of Cholera Vaccine Critically Low
WiRED Community Health Workers Continuing Vital Health Work in Kenya
October Report from WiRED Community Health Workers in Western Kenya
Menstrual Hygiene Management Project in Kisumu, Kenya
Olivia Spirito Joins WiRED’s Advisory Board
July Report from Community Health Workers in Kenya
June Report from Community Health Workers in Kenya
ACHIEVE Conference Targets Hypertension in Africa
Monthly Update from WiRED International’s Community Health Workers in Kenya
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
WiRED Marks Sr. Bernadette Nealon’s Golden Jubilee
WiRED International Releases New Module on Rabies
WiRED International Needs Your Support for 2024!
Spotlight on Community Health Worker Joseph Ochieng
Lecture Series on Health Continues in Armenia
WiRED International Wraps Up Our 26th Year
Rains and Floods Pummel Kenya
An Overview of WiRED’s Community Health Worker Program
WiRED Releases Lassa Fever Module
WiRED International Offers Module on Opioids
WiRED Mourns the Loss of Robert A. Corrigan
Mosquito and Disease Migration Amid Climate Change
Measles Cases on the Rise Globally among Unvaccinated Millions
Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine Fleeing to Armenia
Update on Health Screening Clinics in Kenya
Second Lecture Session in Series on Health Takes Place in Armenia
Lessons Learned Volunteering with WiRED International
Ukrainians Can Access WiRED’s Health and First Aid Training
Dr. Elaine Musselman Joins WiRED’s Advisory Board
Earth Day
Please Support the Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah Fund!
Water Purification in Times of Climate Change
August Report from Community Health Workers in Kenya
Dengue Fever Cases Soar in Brazil
WiRED International brings vital medical and health education, free of charge, to underserved communities around the world. Volunteer hours and monetary donations make a huge difference in our capacity to provide health education in low resource regions. WiRED is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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