How technology transforms community care
Right now, 4.5 billion people globally cannot access essential health services. We can’t say we care until everyone is covered.
That’s what makes people like Maureen so special.
Maureen Akomo Wauda is a community health worker and mother-of-two in Migori County, Kenya. She is a valued member of her community, caring for 133 households who might otherwise have no means of accessing the health system.
Households like Diana and Tony’s.
Diana had high blood pressure while expecting her second child, and Maureen needed to closely monitor her throughout her pregnancy.
This is of critical importance in a country like Kenya. World Health Organization data in 2023 found that the country had one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
But to achieve universal health coverage and secure health as a human right, professionalized community health workers like Maureen need to be paid, trained, supervised, and supplied.
That’s where Medic and our partners come in.
Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, Medic worked alongside Lwala Community Alliance, Living Goods, and the CHU4UHC platform of partners to develop Kenya’s electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS).
The eCHIS is powered by the Community Health Toolkit (CHT), an open-source digital public good stewarded by Medic.
Monitoring pregnancies.
Keeping track of vaccinations.
Making data-driven decisions that save lives.
Around the world, apps based on the Community Health Toolkit are supporting over 177,000 health workers like Maureen as they deliver critical care in their communities.
