World Vision’s Access – Infant and Maternal health (AIM Health) Program met its five-year goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality in most of the ten Area Development Program (ADP) sites in which it was implemented. The program is designed to change MNCH-related behaviors through targeted counseling by CHWs, implemented community health committees, and citizen voice and … [Read more...] about AIM Health Programme End Line Programme Evaluation Report
Tanzania
Family Planning Counseling in Your Pocket: A Mobile Job Aid for Community Health Workers in Tanzania
Using mobile job aids can help CHWs deliver integrated counseling on family planning and HIV/STI screening by following a step-by-step service delivery algorithm. Lessons learned during the pilot led to the development of additional features during scale-up to exploit the other major advantages that mHealth offers … [Read more...] about Family Planning Counseling in Your Pocket: A Mobile Job Aid for Community Health Workers in Tanzania
mHealth as a Tool for Integrated Systems Strengthening in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming
The growth in capacity and geographic reach of mobile technology has important implications for health and development. While mobile technology is commonly used to address health systems challenges, Pathfinder International is exploring the application of mobile technology to improve implementation for sexual and reproductive health and rights, necessarily … [Read more...] about mHealth as a Tool for Integrated Systems Strengthening in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming
Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium
Globally, 2.5 billion people are “unbanked,” lacking access to formal financial services. As a result, roughly one third of the world’s population is forced to rely on cash transactions or informal financial systems, which can often be unsafe, inconvenient, and expensive. Among the unbanked, however, a billion have access to a mobile phone, and mobile-based financial services … [Read more...] about Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium
2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
The 1mCHW Campaign’s 2014 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Campaign’s work and identified next steps and key priorities for 2015. … [Read more...] about 2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
