Burundi
Village Health Works (VHW) and Medic support ~200 CHWs to increase antenatal care (ANC) uptake, immunization rates for children, to report on community-based malnutrition screening and TB/HIV adherence, and to educate CHWs on COVID 19 self-care.
DRC
In Goma, DRC, we partner with Médécins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) to support the Ministry of Health in deploying an open-source system to assist health workers in monitoring at-risk patients/cohorts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The tools enable
Ghana
In Ghana, we partner with Rural Health Collaborative to deploy automation of antenatal care (ANC) reminders to increase uptake of ANC at the community level and increase facility-based delivery rates.
India
Through a unique partnership within the Skoll Foundation’s global network of awardees, Barefoot College and Medic came together in 2017 to leverage low-cost mobile technology to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in India.
Kenya
Launching our work in 2011, Medic has spent more than a decade working alongside implementing partners such as CMMB Kenya, Safari Doctors, Living Goods, Health Right International, Christian Aid, Kilifi Kids as well as county governments of Siaya, Kisumu and Vihiga to design and deploy custom CHT applications.
Malawi
Medic has been working with PIH since 2018 to implement the CHT across a network of 530 CHWs in the Neno District of Malawi. The CHT supports CHWs and their supervisors in care coordination for ANC, PNC, IMM, IMCI, FP, NCD, TB, HIV, Malnutrition, Hospitalization, and eTrace.
Mali
In Mali, Medic has worked in deep collaboration with Muso since 2014 to support 450 of Muso’s health workers and supervisors with integrated care workflows and health worker performance management.
Nepal
For nearly a decade, Medic has worked in partnership with Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and provincial and local governments to harness technology for community health systems strengthening. This work builds on efforts that began as a pilot in Baglung district in 2012.
Niger
In Niger, Medic has partnered with Épicentre and Médecins Sans Frontières to develop and deploy an app supporting the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 alert management and investigation efforts.
Philippines
In the Philippines, CHT Technical Partner International Care Ministries has developed a Community Health Champion App in collaboration for ANC, Postnatal Care and family planning now used by nearly 1,300 community health champions.
South Africa
In South Africa, Medic is partnering with University of Washington’s International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) and the Aurum Institute Center for HIV-AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS) on a randomized controlled trial (RCT) adapting a two-way texting (2WT) solution to make post-surgical follow up for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) more efficient, streamline in-person care, reduce provider workload and decrease patient burden while maintaining the quality of care.
Togo
Medic has worked with Integrate Health (IH) in Togo since 2017 to support digitally-enabled CHWs, midwives, clinical mentors, supervisors, and nurses. Health workers actively use CHT-based apps to support antenatal care (ANC), family planning, integrated community case management (ICCM), malnutrition, and postnatal care (PNC).
Uganda
Medic has worked in Uganda since 2016 to design and deploy digital health apps powered by the Community Health Toolkit in partnership with Living Goods, BRAC, Strong Minds, Intrahealth International, and Malaria Consortium.
Tanzania - Zanzibar
In Zanzibar, Medic supports D-Tree International, who partner with the Zanzibar Ministry of Health to implement the CHT-based Jamii ni Afya app as part of their digital health program to Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) and Supervisors to provide health services within their communities.
Zimbabwe
Medic, Zim-Ttech, and the ZAZIC consortium have partnered for 3 years beginning with an RCT studying post-operative two-way texting for voluntary medical male circumcision client follow-up that involved over 700 clients.
0
%
WHO Digital Health Interventions supported
by the CHT
0
Countries with active CHT implementations
0
Active CHT-based apps
0
Unique workflows supported by CHT-based apps
- Countries with active CHT implementation
- Countries where the CHT has been selected as the national platform for digital community health
The CHT has been selected as the national platform for digital community health in 6 countries, with roadmaps to scale to their collective 360,000 Community Health Workers.
Team
Fully remote, deeply connected
94
Total Teammates
21
New Hires
13
Time Zones
94
Total Teammates
21
New Hires
13
Time Zones
Connection
20 different types of engagement events, teammates bonded and connected with the mission an one another virtually like never before.
Teammate connection: 4-day global virtual retreat
Cultural connection: Nepali festivals & team French classes
Care
25% promotion rate - Deep prioritization of professional growth and development.
4 additional team-wide office closures for mental health
Fully-flexible work schedule to meet the new and emerging needs of blending work life and home life
Medic was a remote-first culture well before the pandemic’s impact on life and work as we all know it – a team of veteran champions of Slack emojis, chai tea happy hours, and cross-team strategic goal-setting. Globally dispersed with flexible schedules in every time zone, here’s how our team stayed connected and motivated – through challenge and change – in another remote year.
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Chrisgone
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Mourice
In 2020, we had a deep focus on quality data and how data was shown in what are now best-in-class dashboards. In the background what I think was happening was that both sides of the team were gaining a deeper understanding of the app’s design configuration and of its potential.”
Elijah Gichinga
“In 2021 the commitment to collaboration from both the Medic and PIH teams along with our shared interest to drive deliverables forward was a breath of fresh air. It was exciting to see a partner running with the project and owning it.”
Sue Maigua
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Korir
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Kitsao
Uganda
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Design Features: Lorem ipsum dolor
Partner feature: Living Goods (RCT), BRAC, Malaria Consortium, iCHOS, UNICEF w/ quote from e.g. LG
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Design Features: Lorem ipsum dolor
Partner feature: Living Goods (RCT), BRAC, Malaria Consortium, iCHOS, UNICEF w/ quote from e.g. LG
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Design Features: Lorem ipsum dolor
Partner feature: Living Goods (RCT), BRAC, Malaria Consortium, iCHOS, UNICEF w/ quote from e.g. LG
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Design Features: Lorem ipsum dolor
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Coalitions
82%
Of Full team are People of Color
80%
Of chief experience officers are Women
67%
Of Product Team are People of Color
64%
Of Strategy Team are Women
- Community Health Impact Coalition
- Digital Public Goods Alliance
- Fast Forward
- iCOHS
- Innovations in Healthcare
- Unlock Aid
- A Better World Fund
- Anonymous
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Bohemian Foundation
- BlackRock
- Bruce Campbell
- The Chicago Community Foundation
- Code and Theory
- Crown Family Philanthropies
- Digital Square
- Dovetail Impact Foundation
- The ELMA Foundation
- Fast Forward
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
- The Horace H. Goldsmith Foundation
- Google.org
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- The Herrnstein Family Foundation
- Johnson & Johnson
- Merrill Schneider Foundation
- Mulago Foundation
- Panorama Global
- The Pfizer Foundation
- The Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation
- Rippleworks, Inc.
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Sall Family Foundation
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Skoll Foundation
- UCLA BioBusiness
- Barefoot College
- Beehyv
- BRAC
- CMMB
- DataKind
- Dimagi
- D-Tree International
- International Care Ministries
- Ilara Health
- Integrate Health
- International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH)
- JKUAT
- Last Mile Health
- Living Goods
- Malaria Consortium
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- Muso
- Ona
- Palladium
- Partners in Health
- Rural Health Collaborative
- Safari Doctors
- SunyaEk
- Totohealth
- Triggerise
- UNICEF
- University of Washington
- VisorTech
- Village Health Works
- VMMC Zimbabwe
- Ministry of Health, Kenya
- Ministry of Health, Mali
- Ministry of Health, Niger
- Ministry of Health, Uganda
- Ministry of Health, Zanzibar
- Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
Medic and a group of leading organizations serving last-mile communities launched the CHT as a digital global good and open-source project to support the development of digital health interventions, achieve universal health coverage and advance global health equity. We iterated on core framework versions 2.x and released versions 3.0 and 3.1.
2018
The CHT Forum was launched to serve as an open space for conversations, collaborative resource development, and free support from the CHT Community of Practice. We released core framework versions 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7.
2019
The CHT Documentation website launched as a comprehensive resource to learn how to design, build, implement, and maintain CHT apps. New resources continue to be added to make app building easier, quicker, and more efficient. We released versions 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10.
2020
The CHT Community Round-up Call series launched to inform the community about recent product releases and future planned initiatives. We released versions 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 – each of which included new features requested by both our developer community and health workers that use the tools each day.
2021
2018
Medic and a group of leading organizations serving last-mile communities launched the CHT as a digital global good and open-source project to support the development of digital health interventions, achieve universal health coverage and advance global health equity. We iterated on core framework versions 2.x and released versions 3.0 and 3.1.
2020
The CHT Documentation website launched as a comprehensive resource to learn how to design, build, implement, and maintain CHT apps. New resources continue to be added to make app building easier, quicker, and more efficient. We released versions 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10.
2021
The CHT Community Round-up Call series launched to inform the community about recent product releases and future planned initiatives. We released versions 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 – each of which included new features requested by both our developer community and health workers that use the tools each day.
Assets |
As of December 31, 2021* |
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|---|---|---|
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Current Assets
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
2,570,971 |
|
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Accounts Receivable, Net
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230,914 |
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Other Current Assets
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230,914 |
|
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Total Current Assets |
6,707,579 |
As steward of and core contributor to the CHT, Medic is committed to ensuring the platform’s capabilities and technical framework are simultaneously maintained and advanced, but also to supporting the CHT’s usability and adoption by the community at-large. It is our belief that stewarding and investing in the CHT as a digital public good is the best pathway to scale digital community health around the world – and may be the only path to local technical ownership and financial sustainability in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (LMICs).
Insights garnered through global implementation and deep collaboration lead Medic to pursue a product roadmap that accelerates growth among our network of implementing and technical partners so that others can build CHT apps with greater ease, autonomy, and speed for last mile communities.
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Community Health Impact Coalition • Digital Public Goods Alliance • Fast Forward • iCOHS • Innovations in Healthcare • Unlock Aid
A Better World Fund • Anonymous • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Bohemian Foundation • Bruce Campbell
• The Chicago Community Foundation • Code and Theory • Crown Family Philanthropies • Digital Square • Dovetail Impact Foundation • The ELMA Foundation • Fast Forward • Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) • The Horace H. Goldsmith Foundation • Google.org • The Herrnstein Family Foundation • Johnson & Johnson • Merrill Schneider Foundation • Mulago Foundation • Panorama Global • The Pfizer Foundation • The Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation • Rippleworks, Inc. • Rockefeller Foundation • Sall Family Foundation • Silicon Valley Community Foundation • Skoll Foundation • UCLA BioBusiness
Barefoot College • Beehyv • BRAC • CMMB • DataKind • Dimagi • D-Tree International • International Care Ministries • Ilara Health • Integrate Health • International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) • JKUAT • Last Mile Health • Living Goods • Malaria Consortium • Médecins Sans Frontières • Muso • Ona • Palladium • Partners in Health • Rural Health Collaborative • Safari Doctors • SunyaEk • Totohealth • Triggerise • UNICEF • University of Washington • VisorTech • Village Health Works • VMMC Zimbabwe • Ministry of Health, Kenya • Ministry of Health, Mali • Ministry of Health, Niger • Ministry of Health, Uganda • Ministry of Health, Zanzibar • Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
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Coalitions
A Better World Fund • Anonymous • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Bohemian Foundation • Bruce Campbell
• The Chicago Community Foundation • Code and Theory • Crown Family Philanthropies • Digital Square • Dovetail Impact Foundation • The ELMA Foundation • Fast Forward • Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) • The Horace H. Goldsmith Foundation • Google.org • The Herrnstein Family Foundation • Johnson & Johnson • Merrill Schneider Foundation • Mulago Foundation • Panorama Global • The Pfizer Foundation • The Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation • Rippleworks, Inc. • Rockefeller Foundation • Sall Family Foundation • Silicon Valley Community Foundation • Skoll Foundation • UCLA BioBusiness
Barefoot College • Beehyv • BRAC • CMMB • DataKind • Dimagi • D-Tree International • International Care Ministries • Ilara Health • Integrate Health • International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) • JKUAT • Last Mile Health • Living Goods • Malaria Consortium • Médecins Sans Frontières • Muso • Ona • Palladium • Partners in Health • Rural Health Collaborative • Safari Doctors • SunyaEk • Totohealth • Triggerise • UNICEF • University of Washington • VisorTech • Village Health Works • VMMC Zimbabwe • Ministry of Health, Kenya • Ministry of Health, Mali • Ministry of Health, Niger • Ministry of Health, Uganda • Ministry of Health, Zanzibar • Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
Meet the board
- Greg Ennis (Board Chair), Managing Director, Peninsula Ventures
- Brittany Hume Charm, VP, Strategic Partnerships, The Health Initiative
- Raffi Krikorian, Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director, Emerson Collective
- Dykki Settle, PATH’s Chief Digital Officer and Co-Lead of PATH’s Center of Digital and Data Excellence
- Josh Nesbit, Co-Founder, Widespread Care; Former Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Medic
- Amy Norris, Chief Legal Counsel, Clif Bar & Company
- Robin Bruce, President, David Weekley Family Foundation
- Wambui Kinya, Regional Managing Director, EMEA for Elephant Ventures
Team
Fully remote, deeply connected
82%
Of Full team are People of Color
80%
Of chief experience officers are Women
67%
Of Product Team are People of Color
64%
Of Strategy Team are Women
94
Total Teammates
21
New Hires
13
Time Zones
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Connection
20 different types of engagement events, teammates bonded and connected with the mission an one another virtually like never before.
Teammate connection: 4-day global virtual retreat
Cultural connection: Nepali festivals & team French classes
Care
25% promotion rate - Deep prioritization of professional growth and development.
4 additional team-wide office closures for mental health
Fully-flexible work schedule to meet the new and emerging needs of blending work life and home life
67%
of full team Medic teammates
are people of color
82%
of CXO team
are women
72%
of teammates live in countries where the CHT is used”
64%
strategy team
leadership team
"PIH’s deep understanding of the CHT has allowed our partnership to thrive. It has driven uptake of product innovation, the ability to collaborate on research, and significant growth in scale and user engagement."
Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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Design Features: - I-TECH 2WT, PIH
UHC mode, household level scaling, product research
Geospatial
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While our work in Mali has been ongoing for more than seven years, more than 35% of Medic’s West Africa teammates were new in 2021, representing a meteoric growth of our local representation. In 2021, we worked with Muso to make a significant back-end infrastructure change to their project, which was not only a challenge technically, but also a high stakes promise to a trusted partner who depended on our ability to deliver. This successful innovation allowed for expanded capacity of how CHWs in Mali can treat patients by building new workflows in-country serving TB and severe malnutrition.
It was in taking on this challenge and building something new that the team truly came together.
– Loukman Tidjani, Service Designer
Human-centered design (HCD) is at the heart of everything we do at Medic. Our primary goal is to build tools with health workers for health workers, ensuring anything we build first makes the work of CHWs easier and more impactful for the communities they serve. We continue to be vigilant in our approach to HCD in centering the experience of health workers to ensure simple, powerful tools can empower CHWs to reach their full potential.
On our recent trip to Mali we visited a CHW who was still using paper and his office was just filled with stacks of paper. Just seeing the enthusiasm about what the app will make possible is enough to wake up each morning.
– Marina Fenfack, App Developer Manager
As the Malian government undergoes health system reform, a full consortium approach is necessary to advocate for country adoption of any intervention, including digitization backed by the CHT. The Ministry of Health is currently working toward complete program ownership, a dedicated budget allocation to support ongoing maintenance costs, and a plan for national scale following a successful pilot.
Medic continues to advocate for CHWs and in Mali we were able to demonstrate the value of professionalized CHWs with our research findings in collaboration with Muso and as founding members of the Community Health Impact Coalition.
Leveraging PIH’s model of community health in consort with facility-based care means that our partnership has an explicit mandate for interoperability.
“We were clear that we wanted to work with what was existing – PIH’s OpenMRS-based EMR, and add interoperable workflows for community health to ensure we were improving the capacity of community health workers, not adding strain with additional systems. Taking learnings from the CHT community, specifically from our work on OpenMRS integration in Kenya, we’re better equipped to get it right from the start.” – Emmanuel Kitsao, App Developer
Product innovation for Universal Health Coverage With an increased focus on data-informed decision making, Medic and PIH moved to integrating active involvement of the health worker in geolocation data capture.
“Not only does active data capture move the field toward informed consent of health data in the community setting, it also optimizes health worker household allocation, which will allow for increased household coverage and more streamlined workflows for care workers.” – Mourice Barasa, Research Officer for Monitoring & Data Systems
“Geolocation is quite private data that can be difficult to collect accurately without consent. But we found that when CHWs are aware and data collection is consented to, the data is more accurate and you get more data points – a finding that will have a bearing on the future work of Medic and our field.” – Chrisgone Adede, Senior Researcher of Data Science
Leveraging the findings of Medic’s collaborative app interface update dubbed UHC Mode, co-designed with Muso, PIH adapted the interface and deployed UHC Mode in July of 2021. Early results indicated an increase in household coverage from below 70% in July to nearly 90% sustained from October through the remainder of 2021.
“When we deployed UHC Mode, it helped CHWs on the ground see the results of their work because before UHC you had to guess where you had visited, which households hadn’t been visited, but UHC Mode allowed for advanced planning and increased visibility.” – Elijah Gichinga, App Developer
“PIH’s deep understanding of the CHT has allowed our partnership to thrive. It has driven uptake of product innovation, the ability to collaborate on research, and significant growth in scale and user engagement.”
Philip Ngari Project Manager.