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Maasai Community Health Workers Improving the Health of their People DR. MAGDELINE AAGARD
GLOBAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PARTNERS
Background of the Community Hospital Alliance Program (CHAP)
The Community Hospital Alliance Program (CHAP) is a program to provide health education and health services in 21 remote Maasai villages in northeastern Tanzania and to connect them with health care services.
Background of the Community Hospital Alliance Program (CHAP)
Maasai Communities
Semi-nomadic, living remotely from others
No roads!
They walk everywhere
Maasai Communities
Bomas, family groups, live together in a compound.
Multiple Bomas make up a village.
Maasai Communities
They speak Maa, an oral language. Few of the Maasai are literate in Swahili, the national language.
Low educational levels
Few births in healthcare facilities
High infant and maternal mortality
High blood pressure
Maasai Communities
There is a lack of knowledge about Clean water
Sanitation
Disease transmission
CHAP’s Goal: Improve the health of the community
Meetings with Village Elders, Chiefs and Ward Councillors
Village Meetings, Community Health Worker (CHW) Selection
CHW Interviews
CHW Training
CHW Training
Data Collection
Data Collection
Refresher Training
A day in the life of a CHW
A day in the life of a CHW
A day in the life of a CHW
A day in the life of a CHW
Referral and Transportation
Opportunities and Strengths
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