Time, value, and judgment have become important commodities during this period of COVID-19 pandemic response and management. Countries have hastily closed borders, airspaces, and put citizens into lockdown. Economic, development, humanitarian, and a huge chunk of health services, and programs have been suspended to avert possible catastrophic spread of Covid-19 virus.

2018’s eLearning Africa, like its predecessors, presented an array of thematic conversations and cutting-edge technologies that are practical, timely, and relevant for Africa’s education and learning space. I was privileged to participate in a panel discussion highlighting best practices in learning from East Africa during a pre-conference workshop led by the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.

While some health facilities are abuzz with health workers attending to patients at every corner, the dispensary in rural Kitui, Kenya, has only one health worker. She provides the only source of health care to a community of over 6,000 people.

Due to the shortage of health workers in Kenya, Richard has mastered multitasking. He handles all the departments at the health center. His duties include patient support care, antenatal care, laboratory work, clerking, dispensing prescriptions including antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing, family planning counseling, and so on.