How We Made a Health App that Works in India's Most Remote Areas
Designing an app is easy. Deploying it is the challenge.
Biraj Swain works on the intersection of poverty, public policy and citizens-state-engagement in South Asia, Horn East, Central Africa, and globally. She also teaches at the Pondicherry Central University, SLU-Uppsala, UNESCO-MISARC, UNU-Tokyo.
Designing an app is easy. Deploying it is the challenge.
This app is revolutionizing health care for moms and babies in Jhansi, India.
In India, one state government is vigorously testing mSakhi with frontline health workers providing maternal and child health services in its most challenging district.
In a state with one of the poorest health indicators, there’s an app that might help if the government invests more in it.