World Child Cancer shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Across Nepal, thousands of women are shaping the future of community health.
One of them is Durga Thapa, a Female Community Health Volunteer in Tokha Municipality, Kathmandu.
For more than three decades, Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs), made up of a network of more than 50,000 women, have formed the backbone of Nepal’s community health system. Chosen by their communities, these women build trust between families and healthcare services, ensuring vital health information and care reach those who need it most.
In this video, Durga explains the symbolism behind the uniform worn by FCHVs, representing how volunteers connect communities to the wider health system.
Through initiatives such as the Early Warning Signs and Symptoms (EWSS) programme, World Child Cancer, works with volunteers like Durga to raise awareness of childhood cancer so children can be recognised, referred and treated sooner.
Thank you to Amgen (Sean Lybrand, Philip Anderson) for their long-term strategic collaboration, which enables World Child Cancer to develop EWSS trainings with local healthcare experts to support FCHVs in Nepal.
This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the women strengthening health systems every day.”
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