137 results for “health” · grouped by type
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Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in IndiaBMJ Open (via PMC) · 2023 · evaluationdocumentWater and sanitation in developing countries: including health in the equationAmerican Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology, 41(1), 17-24 · 2007 · paperdocumentThe role of implementation and communication of MANTRA Water, sanitation and hygiene program in improving public health in Odisha state (India)Neuro Endocrinology Letters · 2017 · paperdocumentREPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL ODF KENYA 2020 CAMPAIGN FRAMEWORKMinistry of Health, Republic of Kenya · 2020 · reportdocumentCommunity Health Workers: What Do We Know About Them? The State of the Evidence on Programmes, Activities, Costs and Impact on Health Outcomes of Using Community Health WorkersWorld Health Organization (WHO), Evidence and Information for Policy, Geneva · 2007 · reportdocumentUTOPIAS in Iztapalapa: spaces of inclusion and community health in Mexico CityPan American Health Organization (PAHO/OPS) · 2024 · case_studydocument
Kenya Community Health Volunteer / Promoter (CHV/CHP) home-based care programmeiCow (Green Dreams Tech)Mobile phone-based farming platform designed for basic phones without internet, delivering agricultural and livestock knowledge via SMS, livestock management reminders, a virtual marketplace (Soko) and expert lookup. It was born out of an Apps4Africa hackathon and operates via Safaricom (*285#). Since ~2019-2022 the organization pivoted to regenerative agriculture and soil health under iCow Regen Academy; the original SMS/Soko product is largely historical.Shamba Shape Up (Mediae)Makeover-format television series (edutainment) produced by The Mediae Company that visits smallholder farms in Kenya and improves them on the spot with experts, demonstrating soil fertility, animal health, agronomy and climate adaptation practices. It airs on Citizen TV with an audience of millions of weekly viewers in East Africa.Piramal Sarvajal solar water ATMs (franchise safe drinking water)A social enterprise that installs water ATMs: solar-powered, cloud-connected purified water dispensing machines operated by a local entrepreneur under a franchise model. Users pay with a prepaid RFID card. An IoT device (Soochak) monitors quality, liters and machine health in real time. It operates hundreds of plants in rural and urban areas across several states.eCHIS Kenya (electronic Community Health Information System)National community health information system of Kenya's Ministry of Health: a smartphone app (based on Medic's open source Community Health Toolkit) with which more than 107,000 Community Health Promoters register households, manage cases and supplies, refer patients and exchange data with facilities' electronic records. Development since 2020, pilot in Kisumu in mid-2021, scale-up to all 47 counties by mid-2024, with more than 107,000 CHPs using the platform. Part of the presidential agenda to professionalize and pay CHPs.UNAL / HUN Digital telemedicine network (Centro de Telemedicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia)Telemedicine program of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, created in 2002 to bring specialized health services to remote regions (Amazonas, Vichada, Guaviare, Caquetá, Arauca, Putumayo, among others). It has served more than 30 health institutions and today operates through the Hospital Universitario Nacional (HUN Digital: teleconsultation, tele-expertise, TeleUCI Solidaria) and the program 'Conectando la salud a la región', which under Agreement 2129 of 2025 with MinSalud, UdeA and UniCartagena installs teleconsultation centers in remote municipalities such as Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo), avoiding river journeys of 6-8 hours.
Community Health Units and home visits by community health workers (iCCM)Impact monitoring and evaluation (health, firewood use, air quality)Integrated services (water, health, economic empowerment) around the schoolIntegrated model of microcredit + preventive health + trainingAddressing social determinants of healthRiverine outreach health teams
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare / C-DACgovernment · IndiaMinistry of Health (Kenia) / Public Health and Sanitationgovernment · KeniaAfrican Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)university · KenyaBoston University (Center for Global Health & Development, OVC-CARE Project)university · United StatesKenya Ministry of Health (Community Health Strategy)government · KenyaGeisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College (Center for Technology and Behavioral Health)university · Estados Unidos
Kenya ODF campaign framework (Ministry of Health)Health clinics for women clientsAccredited course in Geriatric Care Management + CASAKHealth telemedicine platformStand-alone solar photovoltaic generation for health post, school and community hallRural health posts with indigenous health aidesChatBot Bive for health guidance
SKSatoshi KanekoCoautor / investigador (Nagasaki University, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health) del estudio en Siaya CountypersonOLOlga L. SarmientoInvestigadora (Universidad de los Andes), coautora del estudio de Manzanas del Cuidado en Journal of Urban HealthpersonPTPaola TrianaTeam leader de la postulación Bive Previene (semifinalista, MIT Solve Health in Fragile Contexts Challenge 2023)personABAbhay BangCofundador y director de SEARCH, investigador principal del ensayo HBNC, presidente del Expert Committee for Tribal Health del Gobierno de IndiapersonGGGopi GopalakrishnanFundador y presidente de World Health Partners (2008), diseñador del modelo SkypersonMMManoj MohananInvestigador principal de la evaluación (Duke University), autor de las evaluaciones en Health Affairs y Bulletin of the WHOperson