Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge (RHCC)

Related program: Malaria

RHCC is supporting the expansion of integrated community case management (iCCM), a globally recognized strategy to equip community health workers (CHWs) with the training and tools to diagnose, treat, and refer cases of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea.

In collaboration with local health authorities, RHCC is increasing access to community-level health care, developing and strengthening digital reporting platforms, and engaging communities to prevent childhood illness.

Read our project fact sheet.

Project at a glance

Project duration: 2024-2027

Project funders: The Rotary Foundation; Gates Foundation; World Vision

RHCC spans four countries: PATH is the lead implementing partner in Nigeria, and provides technical assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Zambia where World Vision is the main implementing partner. In all countries, local Rotary teams lead Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization activities providing critical visibility and credibility to the project in each country.

Project approach
Our approach to strengthening systems, increasing access to care, and improving health outcomes is focused on three areas:
Community health worker optimization

We coordinate with ministries of health and national malaria programs to improve CHW selection, placement, training, and supervision.

Data quality, reporting, and use

We develop and adapt appropriate community level data reporting systems aligned with government priorities and tailored to the user. The project leverages PATH expertise to track and visualize impact and to increase data use by decision makers

Sustainable support for integrated community case management

We document project implementation and impact in each country, including making the investment case for iCCM.

Meet the leadership team

  1. Chinedu Egwuonwu

    Community Case Management-Team Lead, RHCC Nigeria

  2. Todd Jennings

    Technical Project Manager, RHCC Project

  3. Timoteo Simone

    Senior Digital Systems Officer, Mozambique

  4. Cédric Aganze nkonzi

    Project Coordinator, RHCC DRC

  5. Meredith Center

    Deputy Director, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases