Why is continuing medical education (CME) essential to doctors, nurses and especially community health workers (CHWs) in low-resource countries? WiRED International answers this question in an article entitled “A Continuing Medical Education Program for Community Healthy Workers in Underserved Regions of the World.”
WiRED International reports that during the month of May 2022, 12 community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reached a total of 5,504 people with health services. Working 24 hours per week, each of the 12 CHWs met with at least 52
WiRED International is proud to announce the graduation of our second community health worker (CHW) training class in Kisumu, Kenya. The new group of 16 finished the challenging 140-hour course, based on World Health Organization
In 2001 WiRED began to open information centers throughout Kenya where anyone could come and learn about health and disease, individually or in groups. Then, people largely sought information about HIV/AIDS.
A little more than two years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then the world has been careening down a confusing and everchanging learning path of masks
Some monthly observances can be amusing, such as April’s Unicorn Day, Blah Blah Blah Day, National Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Tell a Lie Day and Zipper Day. However, monthly health observances not only call attention
WiRED International reports that during the month of January 2022, 11 community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reached a total of 5,143 people with health services. HIV/AIDS was the primary concern, followed by COVID-19
WiRED International reports that during the month of January 2022, 12 community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reached a total of 5,881 people with health services. COVID-19 was the primary
Nutrition is fundamental to good health and well-being. WiRED International now offers a Nutrition Overview module. This module provides a general introduction to nutrition and discusses the role
Why is continuing medical education (CME) essential to training community health workers (CHWs)? As WiRED International broadens Community Health Worker (CHW) training, we are also refining our CME program