Last Mile Health is tracking the #mpox outbreaks closely, and working with our Ministry of Health counterparts in Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone to monitor cases and provide support to the national response. Drawing on our experience during previous outbreaks including COVID-19 and Ebola, we will prioritize: 🤝🏿 Partnering with governments on developing a national response and providing technical assistance where relevant 👩🏿⚕️ Upskilling community and frontline health workers to ensure they can keep safe while continuing to provide essential and quality care 🩺 Ensuring the continuity of primary healthcare services in rural and remote communities Read our full statement on mpox: https://bit.ly/4cVGBZD
Last Mile Health
Non-profit Organizations
Our story started in Liberia, but our vision is global: a health worker within reach of everyone, everywhere.
About us
Founded by survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health’s mission is to save lives in the world’s most remote communities. We partner with governments to build strong community health systems that equip professionalized community health workers to provide essential, primary healthcare to rural and remote communities. We work side-by-side with Ministries of Health in Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone, and globally to transform community health financing through Africa Frontline First.
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http://www.lastmilehealth.org
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Accra
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- Global Health, Community Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Community Based Information Systems, National Health Worker Programs, and Government Capacity Building
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Last Mile Health reposted this
“If we as doers are willing to make decade-long commitments to our constituents (children, mothers, families), then we need the same bold commitment from philanthropic #donors.” The debate over big bets continues at ssir.org with insights on how to improve this bold kind of #philanthropy from James Nardella of Last Mile Health and Maharshi Vaishnav of Educate Girls, two leaders at organizations that have received multiple big bets. “Patient capital and long-term backing is the boldest bet because it will lead to sustained change. If we can shift our mindsets and plan for longer doer-donor collaboration then we have a better chance of equipping local governments and communities to address their own needs, edging our way out of business, and changing the world for good.”
Our Best Bet Is a Long Bet (SSIR)
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Africa Frontline First Co-Executive Director Nan Chen recently sat down with Dimagi for their High Impact Growth podcast to discuss Africa Frontline First's work to make financing more available and effective for countries, enabling national community health worker programs to deliver at scale. 🎙️ In this dynamic conversation, Nan shares his personal journey from law to global health, highlights the power of partnerships to accelerate health for all, and reflects on the role of digital tech. 💡 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4cNky78
Episode 62: Financing Community Health Programs with Africa Frontline First - Dimagi
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As health systems face a new strain of mpox, professional community health workers will be vital in responding to new outbreaks: educating communities, identifying cases, and ensuring patients receive the treatment they need. A well-equipped, well-trained community health workforce is essential to disease response. We must make professional CHWs (#proCHWs) the norm.
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I’m incredibly proud to share this story of transformation from our work at Last Mile Health in Ethiopia. Mathewos Alaro, a religious leader in his community, had been struggling with worsening eyesight for years, which hindered his ability to read and teach. This affected not only his work but also his sense of purpose. Thanks to our dedicated community health workers, who were trained in our new non-communicable disease (NCD) module, Mathewos was screened for vision problems and provided with eyeglasses through a partnership with MoH, Livelihood Impact Fund and RestoringVision. Now, he can read easily again, and as Mathewos himself says, “These eyeglasses have given me back my purpose.” This is more than just a story about restoring vision—it's about restoring hope and purpose in our communities. It exemplifies the impact that targeted health interventions can have on individual lives, and it fuels our mission to reach even more people across Ethiopia. I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our partners, our team on the ground @Ruth Driba, and everyone who supports our work. Together, we are making a difference, one life at a time. #LastMileHealth #HealthcareForAll #NCD #RestoringVision #Ethiopia #readingglasses #livelihoodimpactfund #CommunityHealth #TransformingLives
For years, worsening eyesight meant Mathewos Alaro struggled to read and teach--keeping him from fulfilling his work as a religious leader in his community in Ethiopia. But after being screened for vision problems by a community health worker trained through Last Mile Health's new non-communicable disease training module, and fitted with glasses from RestoringVision, Mathewos can read easily again. "These eyeglasses have given me back my purpose," he says.
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For years, worsening eyesight meant Mathewos Alaro struggled to read and teach--keeping him from fulfilling his work as a religious leader in his community in Ethiopia. But after being screened for vision problems by a community health worker trained through Last Mile Health's new non-communicable disease training module, and fitted with glasses from RestoringVision, Mathewos can read easily again. "These eyeglasses have given me back my purpose," he says.
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We're honored to be featured by Innovations in Healthcare alongside 4 other grantees making an impact in global health. Read the full post here: https://bit.ly/4dRTMf6
Meet 5 of the Organizations Making an Impact Through the Global Health Innovation Grants Program, Blog Series 2 of 4
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Liberia's Ministry of Health has an ambitious goal for the new malaria vaccine: by 2027, fully vaccinate 80% of children 15 months or older in remote communities. Community health workers and supervisors are key to achieving this: https://bit.ly/3WQNq8E
Community health workers and supervisors play key role in Liberia’s new national malaria vaccine - Last Mile Health
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Last Mile Health was honored to share the findings of our Sierra Leone Exemplars in Global Health research alongside our Ministry of Health partners at a national dissemination in Freetown, examining the implementation of the National Community Health Worker Program and sharing lessons learned for stronger policy and practice in Sierra Leone and beyond.
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#ProCHW Brenda Chikokoto grew up in a remote community with a lack of access to clean water. "Many children were sick because of this," she says. Today, she provides care in a similar community in rural Malawi--and changes health outcomes: "I feel so good supporting and providing the community with life-saving guidance on access to clean water and promoting positive health and sanitation behaviors." Read Brenda's story: https://bit.ly/4cEtU6w
“They have the power to save themselves”: Profiling three community health workers from Malawi - Last Mile Health
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