Category: Community Health Worker

Eye health care, just in time

Community health workers, recruited from within communities, are often a vital link - connecting patients like Aaliyah with eye health care, as well as other health services in their area.

Today, nine-year-old Aaliya from the village of Vallabhnagar in Rajasthan can go to school and play with her friends – but it wasn’t always this way.   Failing vision from the age of three meant the gradual loss of sight in her right eye. Aaliya’s family took her to several hospitals seeking treatment, but these efforts… Continue reading Eye health care, just in time

Vision centres help patient outcomes: study

The presence of a vision centre in one Indian community has played a key role in the reduction of blindness and visual impairment for local patients and families, according to a new study published in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.   Over the course of the four-year study, the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in… Continue reading Vision centres help patient outcomes: study

Celebrating Heroes, Celebrating Moms 

Mother’s Day is a chance for us to celebrate moms and the incredible women in our lives. For me, it’s also a chance to shine a light on the bravery and strength of mothers and the impact they have in their families and on entire communities.   When our team first met Esther, cataracts in both… Continue reading Celebrating Heroes, Celebrating Moms 

Health volunteer says hard work pays off with gratitude from the community

Salina, a community health volunteer in Kenya, is proud to be making a difference in her community.  The mother of six, who also has several grandkids, lost her husband several years ago, leaving her to support her burgeoning family on her own. She continued farming corn for income, but low grain prices meant she was… Continue reading Health volunteer says hard work pays off with gratitude from the community