4.5 billion people can’t access essential health services. We can’t say we care until everyone is covered.

Together with Ministry of Health Lwala Community Alliance & Medic we’re supporting #CHWs bridging these gaps - just like Maureen Wauda 👉bit.ly/3Ud3DUD

@BBCStoryworks

Is technology with a human touch key to treating #HIV ?

Putting healthcare workers at the heart of two-way texting systems is showing promising results in #antiretroviraltherapy in #Malawi .

Read the article in PLOS Digital Health 👉 bit.ly/4aQeH0p
Lighthouse Trust UW I-TECH

Achieving #UHC means supporting #CHWs , like Maureen, who advance health equity every day.

Watch the film to find out how tech built by Medic & our amazing partners is doing exactly that 👇bit.ly/3UdcXss #HealthierTogether

4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services.

But equipping health workers with world-class tech can narrow this gap.

Learn more through Maureen, one #CHW using apps to tackle health inequity 👉 bit.ly/3UdcXss

@BBCStoryworks Lwala Community Alliance Ministry of Health

Welcome to Issue 115 of the Community Health Research Round-Up!

The Research Round-Up synthesizes key takeaways from the latest academic studies on community health workers ( #CHWs ) and community health.

In this issue, we feature 5 studies. Read on...

“We don’t want our community to be left behind.” - Maureen Wauda, a #CHW in Kenya.

Maureen's story is a powerful example of why #CHW s are essential to health systems across the world.

And why they deserve support: bit.ly/3Ud3DUD
@MoH_Kenya Lwala Community Alliance CHU4UHC

#CHWs that are paid, trained, supervised, and supplied are driving change in health systems across the world.​

Maureen Wauda shares her own story in this film produced by @BBCStoryworks for Medic 👉 bit.ly/3Ud3DUD Community Health Impact Coalition

#CHWs are driving tremendous change in health systems across the world. They need to paid, trained, supervised, and supplied.

Maureen Wauda shares her own story in this new film 👉 bit.ly/3UdcXss

#HealthierTogether Community Health Impact Coalition Lwala Community Alliance Ministry of Health

Making health a human right means supporting #ProCHWs , like Maureen Wauda, who advance health equity every day.

This new film shows how we work with partners like Ministry of Health & CHU4UHC to do exactly that 👉 bit.ly/3UdcXss

Shortcomings in #communityhealth programs result in #CHWs being absent, ill-equipped, or facing dangers. And NGOs can face barriers scaling.

At Community Health Impact Coalition we’re working together to dismantle these barriers and close the healthcare delivery gap 👇 bit.ly/4cPDaot

⏰ Don't forget - 1 hour to go!

Our April round-up call is your chance to connect with our team.We'll update you on all the latest features, fixes and improvements on the Community Health Toolkit.

See you there! bit.ly/3Jel5CX #DigitalHealth

'In just 3 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, we could see $3B in savings in public health expenditure through #digitalhealth .

'But it needs investment,' says Samuel Battisoll.

Really interesting panel from Dovetail Impact Foundation Digital Square at #SkollWF

'When you're designing #DigitalHealth , it's very important to know who your users are going to be.'

Medic CEO Krishna Jafa shares how #ecHIS Kenya was co-created with partners and some of the 107K community health workers it aims to be scaled to.

PATH #SkollWF

At #SkollWF , Julius Mbeya shares how #digitalhealth tools like eCHIS Kenya have helped improve the cost, accuracy and timeliness of #communityhealth data.

'That is the power of what technology can do.'

Lwala Community Alliance PATH

What does innovation look like in #digitalhealth ?

Our CEO Krishna Jafa is sharing Medic's experience developing digital health apps for health workers as part of a PATH & Dovetail Impact Foundation panel at #SkollWF 🙌

Have questions about the #CommunityHealthToolkit ?

Ask our experts on this month’s round-up call:

📆 11 April 2024
⏰ 4 PM EAT / 1PM GMT / 9 AM ET

bit.ly/3Jel5CX

'How are you moving the needle towards systems change?'

Very interesting talk from Solutions Journalism Network at #SkollWF Marmalade

Read Medic's answer to this question here 👇bit.ly/3VRbuJV

What is Kenya's #eCHIS app?

At #SkollWF Ari Johnson of Muso explains:
'What has been built is so much more than a data collection system. It's a tool for solving the problems faced by community health workers. It's closing gaps in health #equality .'

'You can’t just have a smartphone and an app. You have to professionalize the health workers.'

Liz Jarman of Living Goods talks about why #digitalhealth tools need to be accompanied with training, payment and resources for #CHWS

#SkollWF Marmalade