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Reaching Beyond the Grid: the K4Health Malawi Pilot

Reaching Beyond the Grid: the K4Health Malawi Pilot. Natalie Campbell. www.k4health.org. K4Health Malawi Pilot. K4Health Malawi Challenge.

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Reaching Beyond the Grid: the K4Health Malawi Pilot

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  1. Reaching Beyond the Grid: the K4Health Malawi Pilot Natalie Campbell

  2. www.k4health.org K4Health Malawi Pilot

  3. K4Health Malawi Challenge • How can we support Community Health Workers to deliver effective FP/RH services at the community level though they are in remote locations, receive limited training and have limited access to resources available at the district and national level?

  4. K4Health Malawi SMS Goal Goal: Increase CHW’s access to FP/RH information through mobile telephone networking using FrontlineSMS in Salima and Nkohtakota Districts Desired Result: Timely and accurate Family Planning and Reproductive Health services provided to men and women in hard to reach areas, reducing incidences of maternal and neonatal mortality

  5. K4Health Malawi Design of the mHealth project • Timeline: May 2010 – June 2011 • Resources: $25 mobile phones and • $7 solar chargers for 100 CHWs in each district • Partnership: FrontlineSMS; MOH; BASICS; • and other SMS network projects • SMS system: • SMS alert system (i.e. notification of community vaccination dates, trainings, etc) • Peer-to-peer SMS network (ongoing support for CHWs) • On-demand automated FP/RH info and tips (immediate info on dosages or other automated responses to FAQ)

  6. K4Health Malawi Bridging knowledge exchange gaps

  7. K4Health Malawi Knowledge and Information Flows

  8. K4Health Malawi How can FLSMS help CHWs like Rose? • Report drug stock outs so that her clients never miss their monthly supplies • Report any side effects of difficult conditions and assist her clients in time • Get timely information about supervisory support visits • Avoid longer walks (30km trip) to consult her supervisor on difficult cases – costs us 10 cents.

  9. K4Health Malawi Story from Nkhotakota • It’s late at night in a hard-to-reach village in the Malawian District of Nkhotakota. There is no electricity in this village, nor in the Bua community health center that serves 11,280 people. • A pregnant mother goes into pre-term labor. The local Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) is called to provide help because the local maternity nurse is not at home.

  10. K4Health Malawi Story from Salima District of Mr. Almon Chimphepo Supplies Mr. Chimphepo, FP provider at village level 32km District Hospital 92km Mr. Moyo, HAS At Health Center

  11. K4Health Malawi Current Usage • August: 175 messages received • & 158 sent as group distribution

  12. K4Health Malawi What's next? • Continue to track usage • Continue training • Increasing use of key word messaging • Exploring expansion of program • Exploring partnerships

  13. Thank You. For further information or questions: Natalie Campbell ncampbell@msh.org www.k4health.org

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