In August WiRED International community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya continued to address local mpox concerns while preventing and spotting endemic diseases such as cholera, malaria and HIV/AIDS.
This year WiRED International is proud to mark the 12th anniversary of our continuing community health education programs in Armenia. WiRED provides programs that allow doctors, healthcare workers
WiRED International launched our Community Health Worker (CHW) Program in Kisumu, Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The first CHW team of 13 members reached a total of 3,360 people
During another successful month of deployment, 20 community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reached a total of 10,486 people with health services. Working 24 hours per week, each of the CHWs
In May 2024 WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team in Kisumu worked amidst torrential rain and flooding. They visited families, conducted group health education sessions,
WiRED International reports that the third and fourth lecture sessions in the series “Health Is the Key to Well-Being” took place on May 8 and May 11, 2024, in the Armenian cities of Chkalovka and Sisian, respectively.
Summer is coming and with it the mosquito. Although tropical and subtropical areas of the world host epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases year round, climate change is causing mosquitoes to migrate
The following is an April report that veteran CHW Joseph Ochieng recently sent to WiRED, which illustrates the value of the CHW teams and highlights a remarkable man’s dedication to the health of his community.
Torrential rain and flooding are now creating calamitous conditions in Kisumu, Kenya, where WiRED International’s paraprofessional team of community health workers (CHWs) live and guard the health of their
In March 2023 WiRED International launched our innovative Health Screening Clinic (HSC) program in Kisumu, Kenya. Led by a WIRED team of community health workers (CHWs), the goal was to take basic health screening