WELLNESS AND HEALTH
TODAY
AWDC supports networks of community health workers (CHWs) trained and equipped to provide information on health issues relevant to the communities they serve. In Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria, AWDC-supported CHWs help increase the number of women who regularly participate in breast cancer screenings and promote healthy prenatal-care.
PLAN 2025
AWDC is working to deploy, by September 2020, Mobile Health Vans (MHVs) outfitted with up-to-date diagnostic instruments to provide diagnostic tools, treatment follow-up with medications, and preventative information for at-risk individuals in medically underserved communities in Northern Nigeria. MHVs represent a much-needed and proven means to improve and upgrade healthcare services in rural areas of Africa and Latin America, where populations are at high risk of on-going infectious and chronic diseases.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WRITERS FOR AFRICA
AWDC is working with partners in media and education to train the next generation of journalists in Africa.
AWDC hosts monthly workshops in Lagos, Nigeria to train journalists on topics including writing formats, sourcing content, conducting interviews, protection of sources, digital publishing, and related topics.
