Healthlink Worldwide

 

Projects and Issues

Community health

man holding a babyEffective communication at a community level is essential to ensure health messages and action reach the most vulnerable.

Our community projects are wide ranging. From supporting networks of resource centres across Tanzania, to developing diversity training for organisations in India.

Find out more about our projects below:

Integrated community health in India

Woman, India

We are supporting the communication and advocacy component of the Lepra Mayurbhanj Integrated Community Health Project, which brings a network of organisations together working on a range of communication activities.

Preventing chronic illness in Palestine

Participants at a health promotion workshop, Em Sharief, Palestine

Since 1999, we have been working with The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees to improve the management of illness such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, in Palestine's rural communities.

Supporting district resource centres in Tanzania

Resource centre assistant and a health worker using the resource centre in the Nachingwea district of TanzaniaResource centres play an essential role in supporting and training health workers at district level in Tanzania, particularly in rural areas where it is difficult to find health information. For over 10 years, Healthlink Worldwide has been working in partnership with the Centre for Educational Development in Health (CEDHA) to establish 43 district resource centers in Tanzania.