Mirriam - A Zambian Health Hero
- Publisher:
- USAID Video
- Publication Date:
- 21 March 2017
- Tags:
- Zambia, Aid and Assistance, Malaria, United States, Canada and Africa
With her red colored hair tightly braided into 10 cornrows, and sporting a crisp white nurse gown and blue scrub, Mirriam is a picture of efficiency. She needs to be both efficient and effective. Mirriam is a midwife, nurse, administrator, counselor, and health champion for 15,000 people living in a labyrinth of scattered communities within a 7 mile radius of Kafumbwe's regional health center in eastern Zambia.
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