Accra, Ghana – The Covid-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health ministries in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte D’Ivoire, and Mali for each nation’s cadre of community health workers (CHWs). The shipment contained 5,472,000 masks, and 22,529 face shields-PPE required to safeguard health workers providing services at the last-mile. Community health workers (CHWs) provide essential health services such as integrated community case management as well as COVID-19 specific activities. While a worldwide shortage of PPE affects all health workers, the brunt has fallen on low- and middle-income countries and community health workers in particular. Integrated with national responses, this is the only known effort that pools resources for PPE items specifically for community health workers in Africa.

Source: Front Page Africa November 23, 2020 02:26 UTC