HEALTH PROMOTION AND

COMMUNITY OUTREACH  

Knowledge and skills are powerful tools, especially where resources are scarce.

With the right information and some confidence, communities can transform health, and the way it is delivered. We ensure that mothers, caregivers, and community members have the information they need to maintain good health, or to seek care when needed.

Given how essential community participation is to a thriving community health system in Mali, we help more community members, especially women, engage with their health system. 

                   OUR STRATEGIES                  

Media and Communication

 Whether through debates on our popular Health Radio program or skits at community events,  our team uses a variety of communication methods – interpersonal, mid-media or mass media – to share important health information that can help thousands of families prevent illness and maintain good health.

We also mark moments in the calendar like Mother’s Day, Global Handwashing Day, and World Breastfeeding Week, which give us opportunities to host community-wide events and reach much broader audiences with relevant health information.

Health Fairs


We work with partner health centers to host Health Fairs each year, which allow us to reach hundreds more families with health information and services.

We offer free health consultations, malaria tests, diabetes testing, and cervical cancer screening for women of reproductive age. Our community health workers mobilize the community to attend and share important health information with those who do. During the fairs, we often serve over 1,000 patients in a single day. We also screen each family to see if they might be eligible for community health worker services and we let mothers know about our health savings groups.

ASACO Membership
 
Becoming a member of the community health association (ASACO) is one of the most important ways for community members to participate in their health systems. Membership not only provides discounts on health services, but allows members to elected the ASACO leadership.

The ASACO has a very important role in mobilizing the community to seek and receive care at the health center. They are also responsible for holding regular meetings to update their membership and the larger community, thereby ensuring accountability and transparency.


“Before today, I never knew about cervical cancer, but after speaking with the midwives and community health workers, I understand the importance of being screened for this disease. I will strongly encourage my friends, neighbors, and colleagues to visit a health center every year to get screened.”
– Mme. Outtara, community member

                      UPDATES                     

Vaccine Confidence: Results and Lessons Learned

Vaccine Confidence: Results and Lessons Learned

Our project to assess and address vaccine confidence using a local, women-designed technology demonstrated that the use of participatory methods and tools to develop and disseminate voice-based social media messages improved both knowledge of, and confidence in,...

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Contact Us:
P.O. Box 51632
Durham, NC 27717

Hamdallaye ACI 2000
Rue 407, Porte 267
Bamako, Mali

info@malihealth.org
617.475.0995

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