Medic continuously strives to improve the experience of CHT application development. To this aim, we periodically collect direct feedback from CHT application developers via surveys and interviews. Through the most recent survey, we received feedback from 20 developers across 12 unique organizations. Over 80% of the respondents had more than …
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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 …
Medic is excited to welcome Nekesa Were as our Director of Community, steering the growing global Community Health Toolkit (CHT) Community of Practice. Nekesa joins at a pivotal moment where the community is becoming increasingly diverse – encompassing new geographic regions, prioritizing new kinds of healthcare services, and identifying new …
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At Medic, we collaborate with public and private implementing technical partners, local governments and communities, and Ministries of Health to work toward nationally adopted electronic Community Health Information Systems (eCHIS). eCHISs can increase efficiency and effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWs) providing doorstep care. The theme for UHC Day 2022 …
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As technical stewards of the CHT, our aim is to make the process of developing the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) application easier and quicker for all. For this purpose, we are looking forward to engaging with your feedback that will help us better understand and enhance the CHT framework. We …
Health equity is a cornerstone of universal health coverage – a world where all people have access to the right health services when and where they need them, without financial hardship. Addressing health inequity requires strengthening health systems. It calls on us to – redesign care delivery models to reach …
Building world class open source software is important in improving the quality of care in our communities. By ensuring that through this process, we focus on being people led, we are able to understand critical information from the onset thus focus on the right areas of improvement especially on user …
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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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The 77th session of the UN General Assembly kicks off this week, providing the opportunity for global leaders to come together and discuss some of the world’s most pressing challenges and solutions. At D-tree and Medic, we are excited to lead and participate in discussions about how we collectively can …
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.