Last Mile Health

Out now: Last Mile Health's 2024 Annual Letter! Community health workers make #HealthForAll possible—even in the face of crises like climate change and disease outbreaks. In our annual letter from Last Mile Health CEO Lisha McCormick, three community health workers share how their work is changing health outcomes and building hope in their communities: https://bit.ly/LMH2024

How can we ensure every patient can access healthcare--even in times of crisis? By investing in community-led primary care, delivered by paid, professionalized community health workers. In our annual letter, three #proCHWs share how their work is changing health outcomes in their communities--and what they need from partners and health leaders to ensure they're equipped to deliver care, no matter what: https://bit.ly/LMH2024

The UBS Optimus Foundation shares our vision of delivering innovative solutions to today's most pressing health issues. We're grateful for their partnership and honored to celebrate their 25th anniversary and their impact on more than 34 million people: https://bit.ly/3ZSyB8z #UBSOptimus25

In my time with Last Mile Health, I've had the privilege of connecting with the community health workers who provide essential primary care to their neighbors when no one else could. In Last Mile Health's annual letter, I'm humbled to lift up the voices of three CHWs who are delivering healthcare--and hope--in the face of extraordinary challenges. Community-led primary care is the path to universal health coverage. Now more than ever, we must invest in community health workers and the systems that support them. https://lnkd.in/eqQ7dmNP

We know that #HealthForAll is possible when we invest in community-led primary care, delivered by professional community health workers. In Last Mile Health’s 2024 Annual Letter, learn how #proCHWs like Victoria Karpay bring us closer to a future where no patient is out of reach. https://bit.ly/LMH2024

🌱 Journey to Transformation Series: “Engaging Government in Collective Action” Multisector coalitions, that include government, with its unparalleled infrastructure, can play a central role in delivering solutions at speed and scale. One powerful example of cross- sector collaboration is Last Mile Health in Liberia. After 15 years of war, Liberia faced severe doctor shortages and geographical challenges, with only 51 doctors to serve 4 million people. Last Mile Health worked with different government entities to deploy health workers nationwide, ensuring that even the most remote communities receive essential health services. Check out the full article to learn more about how we can turn promising solutions into large-scale innovations: https://lnkd.in/gPQzvyBB #JourneyToTransformation #SocialInnovation #CollaborativePhilanthropy #Impact #CollectiveAction #GovernmentEngagement

For decades, community health workers have shown their ability to save lives, enhance resilience, and support healthy communities. Now is the time for ministers to commit to professional CHW (#proCHW) policy and reach #healthforall. In honor of #UHCDay, we're proud to contribute to Community Health Impact Coalition's piece sharing the how and why in The Lancet today: https://lnkd.in/eYD7Uccn

On Human Rights Day, we recognize that healthcare is a human right. We celebrate the community health workers who help patients living in the world's most rural, remote, and vulnerable communities access that right--and we call on leaders and funders to invest in the community-led primary care that can make #HealthForAll a reality.

Community health workers are driving Liberia's ambitious rollout of a malaria vaccine for children, says Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: "CHWs are the keystone of the immunisation effort, health leaders say, engaging local leaders, including traditional leaders and influencers, and using their dialects to translate messaging around the importance of the vaccine. They go door to door, hold community discussions in local languages to address concerns, dispel myths and mete out accurate information." We're proud to partner with Liberia's Ministry of Health on this historic rollout. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3D6nQpW

We've had a great week at the Global Digital Health Forum, with Last Mile Health staff Tamene Feyissa and Dr. Paul C. K. sharing key lessons learned from our work leveraging digital health solutions to equip community health workers with the tools and systems they need to deliver quality care. #GDHF2024