WiRED board member Elizabeth “Bess” Touma died on September 13. When I received the sad news from her family, I found myself thinking about Bess’s long relationship with WiRED and, in particular, about how we first
A week ago in a story on this website, WiRED International described alarming reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighting a global surge in child malnutrition. In response to this expanding
WiRED International community health workers (CHWs) reached almost 10,500 people in Kisumu, Kenya this month. Tuberculosis (TB) hit #1 as the top health concern in August, followed closely by the
Child malnutrition is on the rise in Kisumu, Kenya, according to WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team. Sadly, malnutrition is part of life in Kenya; but the current spike in children was caught
I love variance, because it shows both contrast and spectrum. Without variance, life would be pretty average. I live in San Francisco, but I grew up in Hyderabad — a bustling metropolitan city in India. My father was
Every month WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) tell stories about their work. Our frontline team operates with little global aid to support the healthcare of their communities. CHWs treat
Extreme weather is increasing in severity and frequency due to climate change. Wildfires across Europe dominate the headlines, where the number of fires this summer rose 57% in four years. In the United
In June World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva that “The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing
In this Webstory, WiRED International and Tom Mboya University present a comprehensive vision of the healthcare continuum in which Community Health Workers (CHWs) serve as essential links
In 2026, WiRED is training 100 Community Health Workers (CHWs) employ by the Ministry of Health (MOH) across western Kenya. The program is organized into five cohorts of 20 trainees and delivered