Tuesday 26 September 2017

How one healthcare initiative is using tech to train health workers in remote villages

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Healthcare is among one of the hottest topics circulating around the world right now. It’s an issue that no single person can solve on their own — a frustrating detail for those in critical need of help. One CEO is tired of the inaction and is fighting back by providing healthcare to those in developing communities by sourcing from within those communities. The power is, quite literally, with the people.

Dr. Raj Panjabi is CEO of Last Mile Health — a nonprofit that aids people in remote villages in Liberia and other developing countries who lack basic access to healthcare. Panjabi and his team function on the basic principle that everyone everywhere deserves adequate treatment and has designed a sustainable healthcare model that employs and deploys trained community health workers to places that are not in the public sector. Read more...

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