Nutrition is an essential component of adequate primary care. Yet, health centers have long struggled with stock outs of fortified porridge, and commercial products are often too expensive for rural families to access. TIP Global Health recognizes that food is medicine for families living in poverty. That is…
Health and wellbeing is deeply personal, and the ability to optimize health and wellbeing is often dependent upon the ability to trust in the person or system providing health care guidance. As such, the relationship between a frontline health worker and the community member she serves becomes the…
Being a part of the TIP Global Health Team has been highly impressive. Since I joined the TIP Global Health team in July, I have enjoyed the opportunity to ask as many questions as possible. Through this, I have learned how TIP Global Health, as an authority globally…
Read Aline’s story of how trustful relationships create hope and support better quality healthcare.
Since 2017, CRI Foundation has provided transformational support for TIP Global Health’s strategic growth and overall health systems change. Thanks to CRI’s generous support, TIP has worked with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and local NGO partners to expand the impact and reach of our most well-established innovations…
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us that even the most thoughtfully designed, evidence-based primary healthcare delivery systems are dependent upon the ability of local health systems to build trust among their community members that facilitate early and ongoing engagement in care and adoption of health recommendations. Hope –…
Shena is a Community Health Worker in her village. The Covid-19 pandemic took a toll on her mental health as the health needs of her community increased greatly during that time. Even with that stress, she still had to continue to provide healthcare to the families in her…
E-Heza Data Solutions was recently selected as one of the top 30 African startups to win a spot for one-year in a co-working space and innovation program at HealthTech Hub in Kigali. The HealthTech Hub Africa is a new HealthTech accelerator based in Kigali, Rwanda. The hub, located…
Dr. Wendy Leonard, TIP Global Health’s Executive Director and Founder, will be speaking about TIP’s work on February 23, 2022 at 7 pm PT at Silicon Valley Global Health’s event: “Public Healthcare Delivery Systems: Building Trust Through Hope.” Register to attend here. Program description The Covid-19 pandemic has…
In 1995, Rwanda established the Rwanda Community Health Workers (CHW) Program. The aim was to increase uptake of essential maternal and child clinical services through education of pregnant women, promotion of healthy behaviors, control of infectious diseases and follow-up and linkages to health services. The program has been…
