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WiRED’s New CHIC Program Impacts Population Health
No medication or medical device can do as much to promote good health in remote regions as a population’s knowledge of good health practices. For the people of Kisumu, Kenya, WiRED’s Community Health Information Centers (CHICs) provide the only source of basic health information, especially HIV/AIDS prevention. In July WiRED Director Gary Selnow, Ph.D., traveled to Kenya to revitalize the CHIC program by using technology upgraded since the start of the program nearly nine years ago.
WiRED’s objective during this trip was to update the medical information and broaden the reach of the program to grassroots communities in this region near Lake Victoria and outfit the two CHICs in the Kisumu neighborhoods of Obunga and Pandipieri (watch a brief video of Obunga). Read more >
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