Digital technologies have the potential to transform models of care and bring powerful new tools to health providers. Last year, Jacaranda launched a simple blood tracker tool connecting providers needing blood to the closest facilities who could provide it. With 31 facilities now using the tool, we have been asked by providers to adapt it for a wider purpose: inventory management.
Read MoreJacaranda Health is a non-profit organization that develops solutions for government hospitals to help address their maternal and newborn health challenges. Here we describe one of these solutions — a technology-enabled nurse coaching program that is improving the life-saving skills of nurses.
Read MoreAs our nurse mentorship program spreads to more counties, Jacaranda decided to establish a training center that could meet the growing demand for mentors across Kenya. We describe the process of launching a world-class Nurse Mentor Training Center in Nairobi.
Read MoreWe have created accessible dashboards for our county government partners to help them improve decision-making and facility management. Here are some of the levels learned and early wins since setting up this system.
Read MoreAs Kenya joins the list of countries implementing tough measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the lessons learned from Ebola have inspired us to think critically about our role in the face of this outbreak: supporting government hospitals to deliver high quality, essential services for mothers and babies.
Read MoreJacaranda have rapidly built, tested and launched a “teletriage” system to support mothers with remote, ‘virtual’ antenatal cadre appointments. The goal of teletriaging is not to replace in-person care, but to identify those mothers in need of urgent attention.
Read MoreJacaranda is committed to innovating our SMS program PROMPTS to include male involvement, with the goal of increasing male participation in maternal and newborn health issues. We took a condensed package of key PROMPTS messages and adapted them for their male partners.
Read MoreSimple, low-cost mobile interventions can support women in the early postpartum period. Through its AI-enabled digital health solution PROMPTS, Jacaranda are using SMS to increase postpartum care-seeking behavior and uptake of family planning of mothers in peri-urban public facilities.
Read MoreIdentifying a source of blood in emergencies is a time-consuming and life-threatening challenge for healthcare providers in Kenya. Jacaranda Health have built a tool providing access to real-time blood supply information.
Read MoreAs Jacaranda’s digital health solution PROMPTS expands across Kenya, we leveraging data and insights to ensure the service reaches all economic segments of society, including expectant and new mothers in lower wealth quintiles.
Read More’As we speak 80% of the deliveries in Murang’a county are now happening in health facilities because mothers have confidence in the health facilities and the providers.’ Catherine .W. Gachanja, Principal Nursing Officer and Head of Reproductive Services, Murang’a County.
Read MoreDigital technologies have the potential to transform models of care and bring powerful new tools to health providers. Last year, Jacaranda launched a simple blood tracker tool connecting providers needing blood to the closest facilities who could provide it. With 31 facilities now using the tool, we have been asked by providers to adapt it for a wider purpose: inventory management.
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