Empowering Community Health Workers in Mali

Up until 2008, the lack of quality health services in Mopti had resulted in a particularly high incidence of maternal and newborn death. In response, AKF helped establish a number of cases de santé, built by the villagers, with the assistance of the Foundation, which supplied the architect and master mason. These health huts, staffed by community health workers trained by AKF, certified by the Ministry of Health and paid for by the community, have had an immediate positive impact: no maternal deaths and only one newborn death have been reported since 2008. Photo Credit: Lucas Cuervo Moura/AKDN

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From DC to Davos, New Recognition of Early Childhood’s Importance

Jim Kim speaks at The Early Years: Investing in Our World’s Future launch at the World Bank.

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Making Growth: Improving Access to Finance and Forging Groups of Shared Interest

Members of a dairy-focused common interest group in Dusti, Tajikistan stands around their new refrigerated truck. Photo Credit AKDN

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