“Winnie and I are world changers!” - Leah Oyugi, Community Health Worker and Winnie’s mom Less than a 5 minute walk down the road from Lwala Community Hospital is the home where Leah Oyugi, a Lwala-supported community health worker (CHW), lives. Her daughter Winnie Oyugi, who also works for Lwala as a Program Officer, visits […]
As a community health worker (CHW), Elizabeth Otieno cares for all the children in her community. During household visits, she checks for malaria, pneumonia, malnutrition, and other threats to a child’s health. But Elizabeth knows that a child’s well-being is about so much more than their health status. For decades, the global concern “was whether […]
Around the world, access to sexual and reproductive health care remains out of reach for many young people. In Kenya, which has the third highest teenage pregnancy rate worldwide, 1 in 5 adolescent girls is already a mother. “Many young people in Migori County live far from health facilities, some have strict parents who are […]
In a watershed moment for community health, on August 2nd, 2022, Migori County launched new Community Health Services (CHS) legislation. Signed into law by Governor Okoth Obado, it marks a bold and progressive step by the county government to improve the health of 1.1 million people. It also solidifies the county’s commitment to community health […]
