Medic Mobile
Medic Mobile is a 501(c)(3) public charity technology company specializing in mHealth.[1] Medic Mobile combines SMS messaging, data collection, and analytics for health workers and health systems in hard-to-reach areas with or without internet connectivity. Their software is open source and can be found at GitHub. Medic Mobile serves as the technical lead and a core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit. Medic Mobile is based in San Francisco with offices in Kathmandu and Nairobi.
Health areas[edit]
Antenatal care coordination Improve maternal and newborn health. Improving access to basic healthcare services can have significant effects on maternal and infant mortality rates. Health workers use Medic Mobile to register every pregnancy in their communities, automatically schedule reminders about care visits, report danger signs to clinical teams, and coordinate with clinics to ensure delivery in facilities with skilled birth attendants.
Childhood immunizations Increase vaccination coverage. A simple and effective way of preventing life-threatening diseases is to immunize infants against illnesses like measles, polio, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. Health workers use Medic Mobile to increase coverage for childhood immunization by registering every infant and supporting on-time appointments with automated messaging.
Disease surveillance Help more people receive treatment. In Namitete, Malawi, 250,000 people are served by a single hospital. For some people it's a 100-mile journey to get there. There are high rates of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria, and it can be challenging to detect, report, and treat illnesses. In Namitete and around the world, health workers use Medic Mobile to report symptoms to the nearest clinic, receive advice about treatment and emergency referrals, and provide information about the disease burden in their community.
Stock monitoring Stop stockouts and improve access to medicines. Stockouts for essential medicines can have life-threatening consequences. A study by Oxfam found that in Malawi, only nine percent of local health facilities had a full complement of essential drugs, including antibiotics and vaccines. Health workers and patients are now using Medic Mobile to report stock levels every week, manage stockout events, monitor dashboards, and guide distribution to ensure access.
Stock monitoring Health workers assess demand for family planning services; guide health workers and clients through method selection; guide health workers to provide on-site delivery of supplies; refer clients to facilities; ensure timely follow-up visits at the doorstep of families homes in last mile settings.
Awards[edit]
- Skoll Award Winner for Social Entrepreneurship[2]
- Global Citizens Award[3]
- GAVI INFUSE Pacesetter 2017[4]
- Laureate of The Tech for Global Good[5]
- Fast Forward Accelerator 2014[6]
Partners[edit]
Africa[edit]
| COUNTRY | PARTNER |
|---|---|
| Ghana | Africa ICT Right |
| Kenya | African Palliative Care Association |
| Malawi and Ethiopia | Amref Health Africa |
| Uganda | BRAC International |
| Uganda | Bushenyi Medical Center |
| Ghana | Catholic Relief Services |
| Liberia | Child Fund |
| Malawi | Children of Blessing Trust |
| Kenya | Christian Aid |
| Kenya and Zambia | CMMB |
| Kenya | Doctors Worldwide |
| Tanzania | Each Woman Health Project (IMCHA) |
| Kenya | FHI 360 |
| Kenya | HealthRight International |
| Togo | Integrate Health |
| Kenya | International Medical Corps (IMC) |
| Senegal | IntraHealth |
| Nigeria | Ipas |
| Kenya | IsraAID |
| Malawi | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Malawi | Lighthouse (Kamuzu Central Hospital) |
| Kenya | KEMRI-Wellcome |
| Uganda | Kabwohe Clinical Research Center |
| Kenya | Kilifi Kids |
| Malawi | Kindle Orphan Outreach |
| Kenya | Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET) |
| Malawi | Knowledge for Health (K4Health) |
| Liberia | Last Mile Health |
| Kenya and Uganda | Living Goods |
| Kenya | Makueni District Ministry of Health |
| Mali | Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) |
| Malawi and Nigeria | Management Sciences for Health |
| Kenya | Marie Stopes International |
| Kenya | Ministry of Health Siaya County |
| Mali | Muso |
| Kenya | Nexleaf Analytics |
| Malawi | Partners in Health (PIH) |
| Kenya | PeaceTXT |
| Kenya | Plan International |
| Cameroon and Mali | Population Services International |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Resolve Network |
| Kenya | Resurge Children East Africa |
| Uganda | RootChange & ChildFund Uganda |
| Ghana | Rural Health Collaborative |
| Tanzania | Saving Mothers Project (Amref, Shirati Hospital, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief, University of Bruyere) |
| Malawi | St. Gabriel's Hospital |
| Uganda | StrongMinds |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | United Methodist Communications |
| Mali | United Nations Population Fund |
| Burundi | Village Health Works |
Asia[edit]
| PARTNER | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Barefoot College | India |
| Care Nepal | Nepal |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and WHO | Nepal |
| Christian Medical College, Vellore | India |
| DMF (Developmental Medical Foundation) | India |
| Doctors for You | India |
| East Bali Poverty Project | Indonesia |
| Emmanuel Hospital Association | India |
| Evangelical Mission Hospital, Tilda | India |
| Fred Hollows Foundation | Nepal |
| HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
| Ipas | Nepal and India |
| Karuna Foundation (KFN) | Nepal |
| Maitrimanthan | India |
| Manbhum Anada Ashram Nityanda Trust (MANT) | India |
| Midwifery Association of Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Ministry of Health | Nepal |
| MINDS | India |
| miraclefeet | India |
| Nepal Fertility Care Centre | Nepal |
| One Heart World-Wide | Nepal |
| Padhar Hospital | India |
| Possible | Nepal |
| Rockefeller Foundation | India |
| Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology | Nepal |
| Timor Tengah Selatan District Health Office | Indonesia |
| UNICEF | Nepal |
| Universitas Indonesia | Indonesia |
| WHO IPD (Rasuwa) | Nepal |
Americas[edit]
| PARTNER | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | Panama |
| Children in Crisis (Stanford) | Guatemala |
| Cure Violence | USA |
| Global Healing | Honduras |
| MASS Design | Haiti |
| Mission 4636 | Haiti |
| San Mateo Medical Center | USA |
| Stanford Hospital | USA |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Medic Mile". medicmobile.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ↑ "Skoll | Medic Mobile". Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Meet Josh Nesbit, an Entrepreneur Connecting Community Health Workers With Medical Professionals Via Text". Globalcitizen.org. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ "Call for innovations". Gavi.org. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Medic Mobile: The Gateway to Door-to-Door Community Health - Fast Forward". Ffwd.org. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Our partners". medicmobile.org. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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