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Leaders & Partners Forum: Health leaders at Teach to Reach 11 (6 December 2024)
# Health leaders share practical solutions at Teach to Reach forum
“We would like to strengthen the capacity of community health promoters and align with global efforts in health education,” said Alicia Sheringham from Kenya’s national association for community health workers (ARCHVOG) during the December 5 Leaders and Partners Forum. Her organization, like many others joining Teach to Reach 11, aims to connect local health needs with broader health initiatives.
The forum brought together health workers from community clinics to national programs to share what works in their communities. This continues the peer learning approach that engaged over 21,000 participants in June 2024, with 80% working at district and facility levels.
## Real challenges, real solutions
In Nigeria’s Bauchi State, Ibilola Atureta explained how Glorious Elixir Foundation conducts medical outreach: “We do medical outreaches to some communities here. Teach to Reach has exposed me to community and collaboration we can learn from ourselves.”
Small group discussions revealed common challenges across borders. Bernard Oteno, whose year-old organization works on malaria prevention in Kenya, noted their main barrier: “The main challenge we still have is funding, because it’s just a small organization that has about 50 people, community health workers coming together.”
## Learning from each other
In structured networking sessions, participants shared specific solutions despite technical challenges. One group discussion included experiences from Ghana about staffing issues, vaccine availability challenges in Abuja, and efforts to involve community health workers in decision-making in Kenya.
Dr. Mahesh Bhatt, working in India’s Himalayan region, described the value of these connections: “If somebody is doing some work on immunization in other part of the world, somebody else is also doing the same thing - they can connect with each other and discuss the issues and barriers as well as the breakthroughs.”
## Next steps
The forum preceded sessions focusing on:
- Nigeria’s immunization collaborative
- Malaria prevention and control with RBM Partnership
- Climate change health impacts with Grand Challenges Canada
Organizations interested in participating can learn more through the conference platform. There is no cost for locally-led organizations serving community needs.
The forum demonstrates how connecting health workers across borders helps share practical solutions to common challenges. As Chinwe Enechukwu noted after a networking session: “It was a wonderful room. I would love to go back and continue with the discussion.”
29 Dec 2024
Season’s greetings from The Geneva Learning Foundation (20 December 2024)
We will publish a selection of your TGLF stories submitted by 5 January 2025.
Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to build on this momentum together.
While we know this is a difficult time for many colleagues, particularly those serving communities affected by crisis and conflict, we hope you can find moments of peace and connection.
We deeply appreciate your commitment to learning and leading change.
Together, we are showing that new ways of learning and connecting can strengthen health and hope in communities worldwide.
More than that, we’re demonstrating that when we rethink how learning happens, we can unlock unprecedented possibilities for positive change.
Wishing you renewed energy and inspiration for the journey ahead.
Reda Sadki
The Geneva Learning Foundation
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26 Sept 2024
OFFICIAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY: Nigeria Immunization Collaborative
It is our great pleasure to announce the Commencement Ceremony celebrating the completion of Level 1 certification on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of immunization challenges and the development of actionable solutions to drive progress as part of the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative.
During this memorable event, we will honor and celebrate participants who are eligible for the RCA Level 1 certificate of the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative.
The Commencement Event agenda includes:
1. Recognition and honoring of all founding members of the Nigeria IA2030 Collaborative
2. Presentation of the list of RCA peer learning exercise participants who earned their Level 1 certificate
3. Announcement of the final list of CSOs and organizations that are official partners of the collaborative
4. Announcement of the creation of the Nigeria IA2030 Collaborative leadership council
If you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Collaborative.
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