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 moreTruth 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 moreConversations that transcend borders
Posted on: July 8, 2014
By: Ritika Pandey
Categories: Innovation, Strategy |Tags: Community Health Workers, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
At the launch of Mobile Kunji and Mobile Academy in Odisha, I revisited the question that had been on my mind through the six years I have worked in the development sector: What are the key ingredients of a compelling conversation, one that can lead to active change? So what are these ingredients? A starting […]
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 […]
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