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 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 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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