Muso Health

Time matters. Faster access to care can save 10x more lives. In the areas where Muso operates, we’ve seen a 10x difference.

Muso is a global health non-profit that is revolutionizing how quickly health workers provide access to care for sick children. A decade ago a small group of Malians and Americans came together to address the injustices of health and poverty they witnessed around them. Working together out of a converted storage closet, they founded "Muso," a non-profit that is revolutionizing how quickly communit

ies access care for sick children. Muso is the word for "woman" in the local Malian Bamanankan language - and Muso has been woman- and community-led from its inception. Muso trains and manages Community Health Workers (CHWs) who walk door to door, often in the blazing sun, finding and treating patients in their homes. Yirimadjo, an urban slum in Mali where Muso began serving one hundred people over a decade ago, has grown to an area of over 150,000 people. And in these communities, the death of a child has become rare. We want to make the change we’ve seen in Yirimadjo the story of our world, and in 2016 the Muso team began the expansion; we now serve over 300,000 people across Mali.

05/26/2026

proCHW policy is essential to making professional CHWs the norm worldwide. But policy alone doesn’t tell us whether programs will hold in delivery.

What matters is whether those commitments are backed by the systems required to sustain them—how CHWs are financed, supervised, and integrated into primary care.

In 2023, CHIC launched the proCHW Policy Dashboard to track where policy commitments exist.

Today, we’re launching Version 2.0 to ask a harder question: are national policies being implemented?

The Dashboard is both a scoreboard and a strategy tool for the proCHW movement:
- By detailing existing policies, it maps proCHW investment opportunities.
- By showing where strong policy and implementation are in place, it’s a scoreboard of progress.
- By flagging policies set to expire within the next 24 months, it maps key windows for policy action and renewal.

It is built as a shared resource for the proCHW movement to drive progress toward adoption and implementation of proCHW policies.
→ https://ow.ly/Z92H50Z4gvI

05/23/2026

Muso at the World Health Assembly.

On May 18, Dr. Aïssata Maïga, Muso's Senior Technical Coordinator for Technical Assistance presented our work on the digitalization of community health during an event organized by under the theme: “Innovations for Impact: Advancing the Fight Against Infectious Diseases.

The event brought together innovators and global health leaders to strengthen momentum for scaling new and emerging solutions in the fight against infectious diseases.

At Muso, we believe digital innovation can play a critical role in strengthening community health systems and improving access to timely, quality care. We are proud to contribute to these important global conversations.

World Health Organization (WHO)

05/18/2026

A strong health system pays and equips its frontline workforce.

Many countries now have proCHW policies. But policy alone does not tell us whether CHWs are paid, supervised, supplied, or integrated into primary care systems.

To help countries, funders, and advocates better understand where implementation is holding, and where it is not, CHIC is launching Version 2.0 of the proCHW Policy Dashboard on the sidelines of .

The updated dashboard looks beyond policy adoption to show where the foundations for implementation are in place, and where more financing and systems support are still needed.

Because when CHWs are left outside budgets, communities are often left outside care.

Community Health Impact Coalition

05/15/2026

For many rural communities, a CHW is the only point of access to care.

So what happens when much of that workforce is underpaid, unpaid, or reliant on donor funding that is rapidly contracting?

A financing gap must confront.

Without sustained domestic financing, proCHW policies risk remaining commitments on paper rather than reliable access to care.

05/14/2026

At , delegates will talk about how health systems can deliver more with less.

For community health, the answer cannot be more short-term projects.

Many countries now have proCHW policies. But policy on paper doesn’t always translate into consistent access to care.

Without funding for CHWs written into national budgets, these commitments risk remaining under-implemented and vulnerable to funding shocks.

Our ask is clear: sustained domestic financing for proCHWs, alongside catalytic funding that helps countries move from policy commitments to implementation. Making proCHWs the norm worldwide depends on it.

Community Health Impact Coalition

05/13/2026

Muso is honored to announce that its CEO and co-founder, Dr. Ari Johnson, has contributed a chapter to Jim Bildner’s and Draper Richard Kaplan Foundation’s upcoming book, “A Matter of Hope: Lessons Learned from Leaders, Changemakers, and Visionaries on Making a Difference in the World.”

Titled “Nana Intervenes and the World Is Never the Same,” the chapter recounts the early beginnings of Muso in Mali, marked by a pivotal encounter in 2005 in the capital city of Bamako between a group of physicians, obstetricians, nurses, community leaders, and educators united by a shared commitment to ending inequities in access to health care.

This collaboration shaped their shared vision and led to the creation and growth of Muso, grounding its approach in working with communities and co-creating sustainable solutions.

A Matter of Hope will be published on September 8, 2026.

To learn more and preview the book: https://lnkd.in/g86faNqa

05/07/2026

A 90% reduction in zero-dose children: In Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, the vaccination campaign led by Muso in partnership with Focusing Philanthropy, reduced the share of unvaccinated children aged 0–2 from 10% pre-launch in 2023 to less than 1% by December 2025.

Our expanded campaign now continues through 2026, and your support can go even further. Through Focusing Philanthropy’s matching challenge, every $2 donated to Muso unlocks an additional $1, immediately amplifying impact on the ground.

Take action today to protect more children.
Donate and join this effort: https://ow.ly/yv5b50YWlie

04/30/2026

Nous sommes honorés d’annoncer que Muso fait partie des lauréats du Prix de l’Entreprise Citoyenne 2025, aux côtés de cinq autres organisations. Cette distinction nous a été décernée par la Direction Régionale des Impôts d’Abidjan Nord.

Ce prix est une veritable marque de confiance, qui souligne l’engagement, la rigueur et les valeurs qui portent notre action au quotidien. Nous sommes particulièrement fiers que cette distinction ait été reçue par notre équipe de la Côte d'Ivoire, représentée lors de la cérémonie par le Dr Amadou Beydi CISSE, Directeur Pays, Aissa Sogoba, Finance Manager, et DOFOUNGOSSA BAKARY YEO, Assistant Financier et Comptable.

Au-delà de la distinction, c’est tout le travail collectif de nos équipes, de nos partenaires et des communautés que nous accompagnons qui est mis à l’honneur. Un grand merci à toutes celles et ceux qui contribuent chaque jour à faire advancer notre mission.

04/29/2026

Last week in , members of our team attended the Skoll World Forum alongside global leaders driving change.

Our CEO, Dr. Ari Johnson, our Chief Partnerships Officer, Christina Stellini, our Director of Technical Assistance, Dr. Christian Rusangwa, took part in important conversations on the levers needed to sustainably strengthen the impact of health systems.

During the forum, Dr. Ari Johnson spoke on a panel titled, “Trust as Global Health Infrastructure”. Dr. Christian Rusangwa shared Muso’s experience working alongside the governments of Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zambia to strengthen health systems through our Rapid Care model during a workshop organized by Community Health Impact Coalition focused on AI in CHW programs.

Thank you to the for bringing together an international community united by a fundamental goal: to catalyze concrete solutions to global challenges.

04/21/2026

Muso is proud to announce the launch of WHO’s global CHW curriculum guide.

Our CEO, Ari Johnson, served on the steering committee responsible for developing this strategic resource, designed to strengthen primary health care systems worldwide.

This guide provides ministries of health and their partners with practical tools to :

- improve competency-based training for community health workers (CHWs);

- identify priority actions ;

- define the optimal sequencing for integrating CHW programmes.

Explore the report : https://ow.ly/UkgG50YMHm3

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