A PMI-supported learning platform is helping health workers in Angola and elsewhere strengthen their skills and provide better care to patients.
Nurse Baltazar Cangolo, Chief of Nursing at the Pediatrician Hospital of Saurimo, Angola.
Photo credit: Hita Baby, PSI Angola
“My perception of care and my knowledge about therapeutics administration greatly improved with these trainings. And in this facility, the level of care also improved after me and my colleagues were trained.”
Dr. Milagre Gambowa, a doctor working at the Txizainga Health Center in Lunda Sul, Angola. Photo Credit: Hita Baby, PSI Angola
“Courses are online and easy to access and I love the fact that one can access them from anywhere at any time. Doctors and nurses should pass these courses to be better equipped to fight malaria.”
Kassai, the first Ministry of Health approved eLearning platform in Angola, was launched in 2020 with funding from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). The platform extends training opportunities for health providers, such as Baltazar and Milagre, allowing them to update their skills regardless of where they are located.
With more than 9,000 participants from across Angola, the platform offers 22 courses on topics such as malaria case management, family planning, and COVID-19 vaccination.
The platform also generates reports that provide national malaria program staff with easy access to the information they need to support facilities that have the highest rates of severe malaria and deaths, and to quickly respond when stocks of vital malaria medicines are running low.
From its start in Angola with PMI funding, Kassai now receives funding from multiple donors and has expanded to train health workers in Burundi, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Vietnam.