Rose, a community health worker in Kenya, manages numerous households, addressing diverse health needs. A redesign of the Community Health Toolkit app aims to help CHWs prioritize tasks effectively.
Colors, Cues, and Co-creation: Designing Task Lists UI for Real-World CHW Priorities Read More »
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
My First Visit to Turkana: Lessons on Digital Health and Malnutrition Read More »
Universal health coverage requires global collaboration and local ownership of digital health solutions. Success stories from Kenya and Uganda exemplify achievable potential when community-driven innovations flourish.
Africa shows us the way: Health for all in the digital age Read More »
Medic’s ClimateXHealth initiative, in collaboration with Lwala Community Alliance, aims to integrate climate resilience into health systems, addressing challenges posed by climate-sensitive infectious diseases in Africa.
Climate change has been declared the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are exacerbating heat-related illnesses, changing precipitation patterns contribute to water scarcity (leading to inadequate access to clean drinking water and sanitation challenges), excess rain and flooding increase transmission of waterborne
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.
User experience at the center of everything we do Read More »
Author: Chrisgone Adede, Senior Researcher, Data Science Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized for their contributions in increasing access to health care services and healthcare seeking-behaviors, as well as improving clinical outcomes given their proximity to the communities they serve. Digital tools have been noted to provide the opportunity
Post author: Mourice Barasa, Research Officer for Monitoring & Data Systems Precision public health is an emerging practice to have more granularity in prediction and understanding of public health risks while customizing treatments for more specific and homogeneous subpopulations, often using new data, technologies, and methods. It is about delivering
Accurate geospatial health data for better precision public health Read More »
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.
Introducing “caring activities” – Medic’s new principal metric and a better measure of all of the ways the CHT supports care today, and how we might support care in our next decade of work.
Redefining what it means to support care Read More »