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Community Health Facilitator
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Job Description
Do you have a passion for public health? Can you see yourself co-presenting an HIV information session with a Kenyan Community Health Promoter (CHP) counterpart to mothers gathered under the shade of a mango tree? Can you envision walking to the local market to buy beans, corn, and peanuts, and being greeted in Kiswahili by a group of youth from the health club you co-facilitate? If so, Peace Corps seeks applicants like you with the dedication, flexibility, and resiliency to respond to community needs and support public health initiatives in Western Kenya.
In partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, Peace Corps Kenya developed the Community Health Project in which Volunteers work in collaboration with their counterparts and host communities in four focus areas:
1. Malaria Prevention
2. Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
3. Supporting Community Health Promoters (CHPs)
4. HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care
Community Health Facilit...
Do you have a passion for public health? Can you see yourself co-presenting an HIV information session with a Kenyan Community Health Promoter (CHP) counterpart to mothers gathered under the shade of a mango tree? Can you envision walking to the local market to buy beans, corn, and peanuts, and being greeted in Kiswahili by a group of youth from the health club you co-facilitate? If so, Peace Corps seeks applicants like you with the dedication, flexibility, and resiliency to respond to community needs and support public health initiatives in Western Kenya.
In partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, Peace Corps Kenya developed the Community Health Project in which Volunteers work in collaboration with their counterparts and host communities in four focus areas:
1. Malaria Prevention
2. Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
3. Supporting Community Health Promoters (CHPs)
4. HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care
Community Health Facilit...