Scaling BBC Media Action mHealth services pan-India
Posted on: November 7, 2014
By: Sara Chamberlain
Categories: Innovation, Social Awareness |Tags: Bihar, BMGF, Community Health Workers, Kilkari, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
I’m exhausted, on the verge of illness and we’re very, very tired in the India office – but – we’re EXCITED! Why? Because in the last month, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India has delivered maternal and child health content developed by BBC Media Action to more than 260,000 families. Kilkari, BBC […]
Read moreIt pays to put audience at the centre of design
Posted on: August 13, 2014
By: Harpreet Kaur
Categories: Innovation, Research |Tags: Bihar, Gupshup Potli, mHealth, Usability research
The ‘Gupshup Potli‘ usability testing reminded me of my first day as part of the Shaping Demands and Practices project team at BBC Media Action. It was my first meeting with our donors – the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) – reviewing achievements and discussing how we could increase the reach of our project’s […]
Read moreTransforming family health in India: lessons learned
Posted on: June 23, 2014
By: Radharani Mitra
Categories: Innovation, People, Strategy |Tags: Bihar, BMGF, Community, Khirki Mehendiwali, Kilkari, Listeners' groups, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
Over the past three and a half years, a large team of over 250 people has been hard at work on an ambitious project that aims to improve family health in Bihar, one of the poorest and most populous states in India. This month about 60 of us came together to take stock of all […]
Read moreDialing up change and hope
Posted on: June 19, 2014
By: Tanmay Guha Roy
Categories: Innovation, People |Tags: Bihar, Community Health Workers, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
We were delighted at the lunch table when a colleague from Bihar narrated this story. There was a Community Health Worker (CHW), who was reluctant to show up at a Mobile Academy certificate distribution ceremony, because it conflicted with a wedding celebration at her village. But, when she heard that the District Magistrate would be […]
Read moreStories of the health frontline, Bihar
Posted on: April 9, 2014
By: Wasim Ahmed
Categories: Innovation, People |Tags: Bihar, Community Health Workers, Complementary feeding, Family planning, IPC training, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
The World Health Worker Week (April 7 – 11) aims to support, appreciate and raise awareness about the important role of Community Health Workers (CHW). I want to celebrate this week by sharing my stories about some of the CHWs we have been working with in Bihar – their challenges, their triumphs, their highs and […]
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