by mfc_admin | Feb 24, 2022 | FAH in Action
The burden of poor maternal and child health outcomes in Togo has remained persistently high over the past decade, with an estimated maternal mortality ratio of 398 deaths per 100,000 live births and an under-five child mortality rate of 88 deaths per 1,000 live...
by mfc_admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Celebrating Everyday Heroes
Serving my community is the most fulfilling work I have done so far, though it comes with its own challenges, especially due to a shortage of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in my area. —Euridice Gatwiri, a CHV in Gatua Community Health Unit (CHU), Tharaka Nithi...
by mfc_admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Celebrating Everyday Heroes
Community health services are delivered within a community health unit (CHU), which is the first point of care within the health system. The community health policy prescribes that each CHU should have 10 community health volunteers (CHVs) and 5 community health...
by mfc_admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Celebrating Everyday Heroes
Laikipia is one of the counties with the highest National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) enrolment rate nationally, with 64% of its population enrolled in the NHIF scheme as of 2020. To attain universal health coverage (UHC), the county has partnered with the NHIF to...
by mfc_admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Celebrating Everyday Heroes
Between 18 to 22 October 2021, the Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) conducted an on-the-ground evaluation of community health (CH) models in Kara region, Togo – with the aim of collecting the requisite data that would form the basis of formulating...