Truth is stranger than fiction
Posted on: August 13, 2014
By: Amajit Mukherjee
Category: People |Tags: BMGF, Community Health Workers, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
I was tempted to write this blog post by a photo I saw the other day on Sue Desmond-Hellmann’s Facebook page. In the picture, Sue sat next to a Community Health Worker (CHW), who was proudly displaying her Mobile Kunji and all parties looked reasonably happy. This picture fills me with immense pride and satisfaction. […]
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 more“I want to be like Mehendi…”
Posted on: May 26, 2014
By: Antara Gupta
Categories: People, Social Awareness |Tags: Khirki Mehendiwali, Listeners' groups, Mass media, Radio programme
Last weekend, I was with 64 of my colleagues attending the Shaping Demand and Practices retreat. We looked back on the last three years of this enormous and complex project. We took stock of the highs and lows, the successes and challenges. Lots of people recounted their experiences and in the evening when we were […]
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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