Date of Publication: April 10, 2020

Hulu Beteina Mobile App

This mobile application is developed to support rural women and couples to better manage and track their health, mainly during pregnancy, through delivery and after birth.

Designed for use on both smart and basic phones, the approach invokes a simple, easy to navigate format containing relevant, engaging, and educational content. Key features of the app include growth-monitoring tool, scheduling for ANC and immunization visit. It is available in three languages (Amharic, Afan Oromo and Tigrigna) and no internet connection required to transfer or use the application.

Source: Communication for Health Ethiopia

Date of Publication: February 11, 2020

Hulu Beteina Mobile App – Instructional Leaflet

This mobile application is developed to support rural women and couples to better manage and track their health, mainly during pregnancy, through delivery and after birth. Designed for use on both smart and basic phones, the approach invokes a simple, easy to navigate format containing relevant, engaging, and educational content. Key features of the app include growth-monitoring tool, scheduling for ANC and immunization visit. It is available in three languages (Amharic, Afan Oromo and Tigrigna) and no internet connection required to transfer or use the application.

This is an instructional leaflet on how to use the app as well as how to share it

Source: Communication for Health Ethiopia

Date of Publication: February 10, 2020

TB STARR

The purpose of the app is to help increase tuberculosis case detection and enrollment in treatment through improved screening, documentation, and referral practices in the private sector. It has the potential for rapid scale and high impact in the fight against tuberculosis.

The app was developed to replace paper forms with a more efficient digital platform and support the reporting needs of clinical providers such as doctors and nurses, laboratory scientists, pharmacists, and patent and proprietary drug vendors.

A few key functions are the same no matter which type of provider is using the app. The first is a simple screening checklist of symptoms. Another feature that is shared across all user types is a “My Clients” database. Through this database, providers can review records for clients that they screened, referred, or otherwise interacted with. In addition, all user types have a simple dashboard that they can use to track their facility’s cascade of care, such as the number of clients that they have screened, the clients that are presumptive, the clients that are confirmed, and the clients that have been referred on for treatment. The system comprises a more comprehensive database and dashboard, called the TB STARR Data Portal, designed to consolidate data collection and analysis across all TB STARR users for the national and state tuberculosis programs.

Source: SHOPSPlus

Date of Publication: September 12, 2019

Hulu Betiena: An Innovative Mobile Tool for Ethiopian Families

Hulu Beteina is a mobile health (mHealth) platform in Ethiopia to support rural women and men during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, delivery, and as parents of young children.

Designed for use on both smart and basic phones, the approach invokes a simple, easy-to-navigate format containing relevant, engaging, and educational content.

Specific objectives of the mobile tool include:

  • To improve knowledge, attitudes, and practice of high-impact health practices/behaviors related to reproductive, maternal, and child health.
  • To generate demand for and increase uptake of RMNCH services

The app aims to empower couples to take joint action for their family’s health. The platform includes suggested actions to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy, delivery, and early childhood. Such actions might include attending early and completing antenatal care visits, choosing a family planning method, or a myriad of other small doable actions.

Links to Hulu Betena App on Google Play Store

Source: Ethiopia Ministry of Health, USAID, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, PSI

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

inSCALE Mobile Technology – Enhancing Community Health Worker Performance and Motivation

This is an introductory video to the inSCALE project in Uganda, which was created to make the work of community health workers (CHWs) easier. Using cell phones, they share the data they’ve collected at the end of the week, speak regularly to their supervisors and colleagues, and use innovative app-based tools to improve their performance.

The CHWs receive weekly and monthly feedback on their phones, as well as thanks for their hard work and reminders about how important their work is. The workers reported that the feedback is invaluable.

Source: Malaria Consortium

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Mo-Buzz: Social Media for Dengue Control

Mo-Buzz is a social media app developed in Sri Lanka that citizens can use to:

  • Report “hotspots” – to keep track of those parts of the city that are most affected by dengue. People can use this information to take preventive steps to protect themselves from mosquitoes if they are living in, or traveling to these areas
  • Complain about breeding sites – citizens can report dengue breeding sites and dengue symptoms to the local authority using simple forms on their mobile app that are automatically geo-tagged. This will help the municipality to monitor how dengue is spreading in real-time and alert them to take necessary steps quickly.
  • Learn more about dengue

Source: COSMIC

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

mSehat

mSehat is a unique mobile based healthcare initiative to empower frontline health workers (FLWs), Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Anganwadi (AWW), and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs ) to leverage technology in order to help improve their performance. This is accomplished via automated and multimedia enabled job-aids and on-demand training. Using this app also enhances their motivational levels by generating automated reports, timely incentive payments, and data management.

The goal of mSehat is to accelerate the reduction of maternal, neonatal, child mortality and total fertility rate in Uttar Pradesh by empowering frontline health workers (ASHA, AWW, and ANM) with an integrated mSehat service delivery platform leading to improved performance through effective planning, management, and execution of their day-to-day work.

Source: SIFPSA

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Sproxil Defender – SMS-based Counterfeit Drug Detector

Sproxil Defender, a point-of-sale product verification solution, empowers consumers to use their own mobile phone to instantly identify genuine products in the marketplace and grow the trust they have in their favorite brands.

Sproxil uses mobile technology to combat counterfeiting and increase brand equity with consumer-focused product protection and targeted marketing solutions. Its award-winning Sproxil Defender™ technology drives revenue and engages consumers at point of sale through brand assurance, fraud protection, and loyalty rewards. Sproxil Defender™ is called the most-widely used solution of its kind, deployed by several large companies across ten industries and protecting millions of consumers around the world.

The process is as follows:

Source: Sproxil

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019