Authored by: Philip Ngari, Program Manager, Medic Responding to community needs in Malawi Malawi is one of the countries with very high levels of poverty and also high HIV prevalence, with about one million people currently living with HIV. The country also has high under-five (39 per 1000 live births) …
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In rural communities around the world, community health workers (CHWs) have long been trusted providers of healthcare. Every day, CHWs cover long distances to make sure that all their neighbours – even the most remote – have access to health services. On this International Day of Rural Women, we celebrate …
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Follow our Product teammates’ journey to the Koboko, Nebbi, and Maracha Districts of Uganda to gain valuable insights through usability testing and focused group discussions with community health workers.
Post author: Samuel Mbuthia, Head of Community Interoperable systems work together, even if they were not designed specifically to do so, because standard communication protocol techniques – such as Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) – are applied. All patient information can be seen, exchanged, and used across different platforms. To …
Overview of partnership In March 2020, when COVID-19 had not fully established itself in Kenya, an opportunity emerged for Medic and Palladium Kenya to not only co-develop an integrated COVID-19 surveillance system with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other stakeholders, but also to exchange knowledge between the two organizations …
Post author: Jennifer Quesada, Software Developer Countries around the world continue to grapple with the most effective way to access and analyze robust, centralized data around the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, we collectively face the critical need to respond quickly to local outbreaks, limiting the toll of the virus at …
The product team at Medic conducted an experiment with County Health Administrators based in Kenya’s Siaya County who use the event-based monitoring system application – powered by the Community Health Toolkit – called mDharura.
FCHVs share how mHealth training and remote care coordination have become a lifeline between frontline health workers and patients during COVID-19 lockdown in Nepal.
A year into our partnership, Dimagi, Medic, and The Rockefeller Foundation have collaborated on a report to explore how investments in digital platforms for frontline workers today can help prepare for future pandemics.
We’ve recently successfully completed our first remote usability session, facilitated by Partners In Health (PIH) in Malawi! It was a valuable learning experience for both teams involved and we are so excited to share the process and findings with the greater community. Part of Medic’s responsibilities as the steward of …
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