Turkana County, in north-west Kenya, is vast. Its open landscapes stretch as far as the eye can see—painting a picture of both beauty and challenge. The arid land makes Turkana extremely susceptible to severe drought. People struggle to obtain food, and cattle rustling is a common occurrence. The county has […]
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Community at the center: How open source transforms health In a refugee settlement in Uganda, a community health worker uses her mobile phone to visit families, follow up on children’s vaccinations, and update health records, instantly connecting her patients to the national network of care. In Nepal, Female Community Health
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In Mali, Muso is strengthening digital sovereignty by self-hosting its community health data using the Community Health Toolkit (CHT). In this Q&A, Muso Cloud Administrator Ulrich Anani explains how local data ownership impacts community-driven digital health solutions. Hi Ulrich! Can you tell us about Muso’s work as a Community Health
In December 2024, a group of organizations realized that they shared the same critical need: interoperability between the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) and DHIS2, a widely adopted reporting platform. Rather than working in silos, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), OpenFn, Living Goods, Swiss Tropical and Public Health
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Three years ago, CHT Community member Guild Digital made a decision that would fundamentally change how they think about refugees, technology, and healthcare. In recognition of World Refugee Week 2025, Guild’s Brian Ssennoga shares their journey. In the early morning light of Uganda’s Kyaka II refugee settlement, Sarah, a Village
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 authored by Maria Ma, Impact Analyst and Helen Olsen, Impact Manager. At Medic, we recently hit a big data milestone – over 1 million community health worker actions were recorded in a single month using our mHealth tools! This number represents both the highest single month of community health worker (CHW)
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Post authored by our Asia Design Team. Pictured above: Director of Delivery, Ranju Sharma, sketching mockups in our Kathmandu office. Medic Mobile has equipped over 6,200 Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal with SMS-based mHealth tools for maternal and child care coordination in partnership with Ministry of Health. This feature-phone
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Post authored by Beatrice Wasunna, Senior Researcher. The figure above shows Muso’s 360° Supervision system to actively and regularly mentor Community Health Workers for improved performance. Our research and model-building partner Muso has achieved some of the lowest child mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa, and we’re excited to share the results of a study that Muso and the