During another successful month of deployment, 20 community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reached a total of 10,486 people with health services. Working 24 hours per week, each of the CHWs
In Kisumu, Kenya, menstruation is still too often considered a taboo subject teeming with myths and misconceptions. Hygienic management of menstruation and safe disposal of used
In May 2024 WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team in Kisumu worked amidst torrential rain and flooding. They visited families, conducted group health education sessions,
The following is an April report that veteran CHW Joseph Ochieng recently sent to WiRED, which illustrates the value of the CHW teams and highlights a remarkable man’s dedication to the health of his community.
Torrential rain and flooding are now creating calamitous conditions in Kisumu, Kenya, where WiRED International’s paraprofessional team of community health workers (CHWs) live and guard the health of their
In March 2023 WiRED International launched our innovative Health Screening Clinic (HSC) program in Kisumu, Kenya. Led by a WIRED team of community health workers (CHWs), the goal was to take basic health screening
Cholera vaccine stockpiles are depleted, and health ministries and vaccine makers are scrambling to rebuild the supply. Cholera — a disease controlled and treated successfully since the 1800s — is on the upsurge. Why?
As early as the nineteen eighties, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported the critical lack of health care in low-resource communities worldwide — a lack due to the inability of health care systems to provide
Every year WiRED International collects donations for the Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah fund, which raises money for the purchase of groceries for residents living in informal settlement (slums) in Kisumu
A team of WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) live and operate in Kisumu, Kenya, where they focus their work in the six informal settlements (slums). Thousands of people who live in these