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)
Partners In Health to open source their full CHT-based community health app – YendaNafe Read More »
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.
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Our team is continuously working to enhance the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) framework. We can not do this alone, so, we are asking you to provide valuable feedback via a survey which is open now and available till 31st July.
Now Open! The first CHT applications developer survey for 2022 Read More »
Introducing Dr. Krishna Jafa as Medic’s CEO – a physician, epidemiologist, and public health executive with 25 years of deep expertise in health system design and strengthening, digital health innovation, and complex global partnerships in public health.
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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: 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