Anstey can now better serve her community

Anstey is a health surveillance assistant (HSA) in Kwitanda, Malawi. She has worked as an HSA since 1999.  Anstey became an HSA because she wanted to help people. With a mission to increase health worker and overall health system capacity through improvements in distribution practices and management oversight, VillageReach is enabling HSAs like Anstey to serve a greater number of people in the community more efficiently and reliably. VillageReach supported Anstey’s training to certify her in the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) – an international protocol of both preventative and curative measures to promote the well-being of children under-five.

One of Anstey’s primary responsibilities is to run a village clinic that is funded by VillageReach. The clinic supports four villages, treating cases of malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and conjunctivitis. Every year, more than 6 million people in Malawi contract malaria. The infection kills nearly 800,000 children around the world every year, despite it being completely preventable and curable.

Thanks to your support, Mike, MSAF, and Terry, Anstey receives the training and supplies she needs to help the communities she serves, and these children and their families receive the healthcare and support they deserve.