Primary Healthcare in the community
The MENTOR Initiative provides life-saving primary healthcare for displaced, vulnerable and hard to reach communities through the training and support of Community Health Workers (CHWs). In the past year we have trained and provided support to over 3,000 community health workers across our programmes in Central African Republic, Mozambique, Angola, Syria and Venezuela. Community health […]
Community Health in Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) remains one of the largest protracted humanitarian crises. In 2020, the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for CAR stated that access to food, water and health were the three priority needs reported by affected communities. Conflict and displacement affect access to routine healthcare as health services are often attacked by armed […]
Evaluation of the effectiveness of community health workers in the fight against malaria in the Central African Republic
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UN/OCHA Humanitarian Bulletin – Central African Republic
Ensuring Continued Health Care During Displacement in CAR
Central African Republic Consortium
Country Programme MENTOR have been part of a FCDO-funded health consortium in Central African Republic alongside International Medical Corps (IMC), Cordaid, Solidarites International and Action contre la Faim (ACF) since 2016. MENTOR has been the consortium lead since 2018. On 1 April 2019, the consortium began a four-year, £14 million programme funded by the UK […]
Central African Republic
Country Programme Central African Republic (CAR) is facing one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises. According to OCHA, 3.4 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection, of whom 2.4 million need acute and immediate humanitarian assistance. Clashes between government forces, government allies and armed groups are causing the humanitarian situation to continue to deteriorate […]
Malaria case management by community health workers in the Central African Republic from 2009-2014: overcoming challenges of access and instability due to conflict.
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