From Thalia Beaty / Associated Press: Community health workers have been key to negotiating treatments of diseases, particularly among communities that don’t accept clinical medicine. Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Last Mile Health worked with the Liberian government to expand and strengthen its community health program and the need for disease surveillance. The organization has worked, at a policy level, to ensure that these programs receive the funding them need to be effective.
Read the Solutions Insights Lab interview with Kayleigh Begley of Last Mile Health.