Social enterprise models to improve women's livelihoods and health in Africa

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2016-11-22

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Part of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative, and partnering with Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) which now works globally, the community health worker initiative is described in this media/ blog post. Efforts in Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Sudan and Uganda will support women’s economic empowerment through community health worker programmes, as well as to decrease the incidence of maternal and child mortality.

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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, RURAL HEALTH, SOUTH SUDAN, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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