The program presents:
- A comprehensive training package for CHWs serving low-resource communities that enables CHWs to heal the sick, deliver children and address chronic illnesses in areas where doctors and nurses are scarce
- A curriculum of core health topics and elective topics that can be adapted to local differences in health conditions, cultural norms, government requirements and resource availability
- A distribution system using WiRED’s proprietary Health Module Access Program
- Continuing health education based on the latest scientific and medical knowledge
The training offers:
- Hundreds and hundreds of evidence-based, peer-reviewed health modules that can be copied and downloaded and shared free of charge
- A core curriculum including series on mother and child health, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases and specific illnesses such as diabetes and cancer
- Modules based on WHO and CDC guidelines, with medical information updated regularly, and reflecting the One Health philosophy and the threats imposed by climate change
- A Certificate Program that incentivizes local people to study and pass testing to become certified on WiRED’s health modules
- Modules translated as needed into languages such as Spanish, French, Arabic and Armenian
WiRED’s VTP Curriculum (based on WHO vaccination protocols):
WiRED’s VTP trains vaccinators to:
- Move vaccines safely from central drop-off points to communities
- Prepare the communities for vaccinations
- Properly screen patients
- Administer vaccinations
- Monitor patients after the shot
The VTP offers each vaccinator:
- 20 hours of WiRED’s COVID-19 vaccination curriculum
- 20 additional hours of instruction on basic health training, including human anatomy and physiology, principles of infectious disease control and a review of coronavirus infections
- 5 additional hours of clinical practice
For the full VTP curriculum and more information, click here.