Last Mile Health trains and pays community health workers who reach isolated villages in Liberia, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone, bringing basic medical care to communities that once had none. They have now received the world’s largest annual award to a nonprofit.
Pothawira and Area 25 Community Hospital, bolstered by Direct Relief’s support, have built out surgical capacity, referral services, medical infrastructure, and even a maternal waiting home.
Grassroots efforts are turning the tide against vaccine hesitancy in rural Lilongwe, Malawi. From UNICEF Malawi and VaccinesWork/Gavi.
Distributing the four-dose malaria vaccine is a challenge for any public health system. In Malawi, vaccinators on bicycles are proving vital to the task. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
