Carrie Jo Cain, RN

Health Programs Specialist
Location: Sierra Leone/Makeni

Carrie Jo Cain, who grew up in Sierra Leone, manages several Child and Maternal Health programs for World Hope there, including Helping Babies Breathe, Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), and a Comprehensive Program for Ebola Survivors. Carrie Jo was instrumental in World Hope’s response to the Ebola crisis, designing a culturally-appropriate burial program that ultimately helped curb the spread of the disease. Prior to World Hope, Carrie Jo worked as a nurse in the US, including in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Pediatric Emergency Department.