In November WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team in Kisumu, Kenya CHWs provided education for their population on a wide range of illnesses and preventive measures to guard
Recent global efforts to address the accelerating effects of climate change have slowed and, by some indicators, lost ground. The health consequences of climate change are visible now and are expected
In April 2025 the journal Frontiers in Public Health published a paper co-written by WiRED International Medical Programs Director Maryam Othman, M.D., M.P.H., and WiRED Executive Director Gary Selnow, Ph.D.
As we approach the end of 2025, the world is experiencing a resurgence of diphtheria, particularly across much of Africa, with active outbreaks reported in Nigeria, Niger, Guinea, Mauritania, Somalia, and South
This October WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team in Kisumu, Kenya reached more than 10,000 residents with health services — nearly 1,300 more people than in September.
Earlier this year, news broke that the administration was cutting funds to USAID and ending support for other global health programs serving low-resource countries. At first, the reports seemed exaggerated
How can already underserved regions of the world ward off illness now that global aid of medicines and vaccines has been severely reduced? In response to U.S. funding cuts for health care to under-resourced regions,
In the course of a long-standing collaboration, this August and September NGO Miasin joined with WiRED International–Armenia to produce a series of lectures titled, “The Role of a Community Health Worker
This September WiRED International community health workers (CHWs) operating in Kisumu, Kenya named HIV/AIDS as the top health concern — sadly, that isn’t a surprise. The USAID funding elimination is already
Making sure that water is clean for drinking, cooking and washing is a key element in disease prevention — especially in low-resource countries increasingly facing shortages of vaccines, medicines and