Community Health Worker, Advocate, and Now Heroine of Health

By Margaret Odera, Community Health Worker and Mentor MotherDecember 02, 2022We’re thrilled that our friend and colleague, community health worker Margaret Odera of Kenya, was named a2022 Heroine of Health by Women in Global Health. Check out her acceptance speech from the 2022 World Health Summit below.– The IntraHealth editorial teamI ' m so excited and feel much honored to be among the Heroines of Health 2022.This is an indication that nobody is limited to succeed. Many times women have hidden themselves in cocoons because, to them, it was normal to work with very little or no pay at all. I find it unacceptable and unjust for women to continue this way.We started as five people. We are now 905 community health workers.That ' s why I saw the importance of creating a community health workers network (CHW-CN) that will unite all the community health workers together for the purpose of advocacy. We started as five people. We are now 905 community health workers spread across 4 counties.Our main aim is to form a national association. Ninety percent of the group members are women who are undergoing advocacy training and 568 have obtained the advocacy certificates. The training is organized by Dr. Madeline Ballad of the Community Health Impact Coalition, who is assisting us in networking with other organizations so that our vision will come to a reality. Many community health workers were very afraid to join. I took a bold step and approached the director of he...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: HIV & AIDS World AIDS Day Health Workers Source Type: news