When Vaccines Are Gone
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Recently, we reported on WiRED International’s efforts to equip community health workers (CHWs) to support HIV/AIDS patients deprived of antiretrovirals (ARVs) due to abrupt U.S. government funding cuts to USAID.
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Funding Cuts Threaten the Fulbright Program
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WiRED International’s origins are deeply linked to the prestigious Fulbright Program, which has facilitated scholarly exchanges between the United States and 160 countries for nearly 80 years. The Fulbright Program
WiRED Initiates Community Health Worker Outcome Reports
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WiRED International is continually expanding our Community Health Worker (CHW) programs in low-resource regions. In 2020 we trained our pilot CHW team in Kisumu, Kenya just prior to the onset of
WiRED Releases Urgent Module to Help People with HIV/AIDS
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WiRED International has just launched an urgent module titled When ARVs Are Gone: HIV/AIDS Symptoms Management. This training equips community health workers (CHWs) with the tools they need to address
Dangers of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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What are viral hemorrhagic fevers? They are infectious diseases that may damage blood vessels and cause bleeding. VHFs such as Ebola, Marburg, Dengue, yellow fever, and Lassa fever are contracted
Community Health Worker Online Education Begins in Armenia
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WiRED International announces the start of a community health worker (CHW) trial project in Armenia that features guided online study. This virtual learning method is a first for WiRED’s CHW training program,
New Year Begins for WiRED Community Health Workers
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At the start of the new year, WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) in Kenya picked up their active schedule of community health assistance. They live and operate in Kisumu,
WiRED International Releases Module on Avian Flu
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WiRED International has just released an evidence-based training module designed to help community health workers (CHWs) and others working in public health to understand important elements of this rapidly
Kansas Tackling Record Tuberculosis Outbreak
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The Kansas City, Kansas metro area is experiencing the largest outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in U.S. history, with 67 active cases reported so far. TB is preventable and curable, but if left untreated
Another Year of Providing Vital Health and Clinical Services
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WiRED International’s team of community health workers (CHWs) in western Kenya have come a long, remarkable way since they were first trained in 2020 just when the covid-19 pandemic went global.