Egypt presents community health worker model at African forum in Abuja

At an Abuja forum, Nigeria's vice president launched an African plan to field two million community health workers by 2030, as Egypt presented its 24,000-strong model.

• Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima, on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, launched the plan to provide two million community health workers by 2030.
• Representatives of 51 African countries attended the forum, which targets annual investments of $4.3 billion and a return of $19 per dollar invested.
• Egypt's Deputy Health Minister Abla Alfi presented Egypt's model of about 24,000 community health workers, including 11,000 family leaders and 13,000 rural leaders.
• Alfi called on the African Union and Africa CDC to adopt unified training standards and develop performance monitoring mechanisms.