COVID-19 Emergency Response and Resources

Community healthcare worker at Bishop Joseph Sullivan Hospital with mother and child in Haiti in July 2020.

In South Sudan, CMMB is partnering with the Ministry of Health to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in hard-to-reach, remote areas.

COVID-19 Emergency Response

As COVID-19 threatens health worldwide, CMMB is mounting an urgent response to protect the vulnerable populations we serve. We are equipping health facilities with critical supplies, training community health workers to build resilience and help stop the spread, and improving access to safe water and sanitation.

We need you support now more than ever. Our shared work in this critical time will have an impact on the lives of those for generations to come.

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2021 Fall Impact Report

At CMMB, we strive to reach as many women and children with quality healthcare as possible. Your love and generosity made an incredible difference.

From from October 2020 through June 2021, CMMB reached 199,586 people with health and human services through our CHAMPS program.

Learn more about CMMB's work by reading our 2021 Fall Impact Report.

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COVID-19 Resources

As a leading global healthcare organization, our mission is to provide healthcare to women and children who are living in vulnerable communities. Learn about our current progress in the fight against COVID-19 and receive clinical information from our technical experts.

Situation Reports

Around the world, COVID- 19 numbers continue to rise at alarming rates—especially in countries least equipped to respond to an outbreak. At CMMB, our current challenge is to urgently promote proven life-saving interventions while helping keep families and health workers stay safe from COVID- 19 in the five countries where we work: Haiti, Kenya, Peru, South Sudan, and Zambia.

Learn more about CMMB’s response effort by reading our COVID-19 situation reports below:

Clinical and Other Resources

CMMB is training community health workers to build resilience and help stop the spread of COVID-19 in our remote communities. Community health workers provide critical front-line care to the remote communities we serve.

To educate the public on COVID-19 prevention and treatment, CMMB’s technical team is rapidly implementing new COVID-19 training for community health workers and health care workers. These trainings will ensure that all have a firm understanding of COVID-19 signs and symptoms as well as best practices and protocols for prevention, control, and mitigation, including effective behavior change communication on handwashing and social distancing.

Our headquarters staff is actively staying abreast of COVID-19 developments, ensuring a nimble, rapid response and assured implementation of best practices, updating our field staff in real time.

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Our Commitment to Vaccine Equity

CMMB joined WHO’s Vaccine Equity Declaration as a signatory by calling on global, national, and local leaders to accelerate the equitable rollout of vaccines in every country, starting with health workers and those at highest risk for COVID-19. Click here to learn about WHO’s Vaccine Equity Declaration.

Drawing on Catholic social teaching, CMMB joined a coalition of U.S. Catholic organizations to promote vaccine equity in the U.S. and around the world, for people who are underserved or marginalized. Click here to learn about the coalition.

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Community health workers dressed in PPE as part of CMMB's COVID-19 response in Haiti in July 2020.

Addressing the Emotional and Mental Health of Caregivers

In addition to scaling up efforts to equip healthcare workers and facilities with PPE and to provide COVID-19 education to healthcare workers and local communities, CMMB has developed resources and programming to address what has emerged as an unanticipated dimension of the pandemic: the spiritual and emotional toll on healthcare workers and communities.

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