mHealth Slide Show

7/30/2019 mHealth Slide Show

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Improving Health inMarurui Slum


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Improving

Health

Partners for Care

focuses onimproving the

health of thoseliving in Maruruislum through the

implementation ofmHealth and

community health

teachings.


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Healthcare in Developing Nations

The lack of trained physicians is one of the largestissues facing healthcare in the developing world.

(Sana, http://sana.mit.edu/mission)

A World Health Organization (WHO) report identified 57

'crisis' countries as most affected by this dearth in healthpersonnel, predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa and

Asia.

The lack of appropriately trained and motivated healthworkers is one of the major bottlenecks in

implementing evidence-based health interventions to

improve maternal and child health, and to address HIV/

AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (Dreesch et al., 2005).


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A major obstacle to providing healthcare in developing

nations is a lack of physicians and healthcare workers.


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Home to about 800 families

Vast poverty and unemploymentLimited access to healthcare

Health problems include: waterborne illnesses, upper respiratory infections,

tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and burns.

Marurui Slum


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mHealth - A partnership with Global HEED and SANA

mHealth uses handheld mobile

devices and technology developed

by SANA and Global HEED.

Partners for Care medical staff visit

a patient in their home setting and

documents the patients condition

through questions and photos.

How it Works


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Patient information is then

uploaded and sent to the

Partners for Care clinician

in the PFC clinic.

Patient is triaged in real

time and a follow up plan

is created.

The four triage decisions are:

1. Go the hospital2. Come to the clinic3. Treat with medication4. Needs community health

teaching


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mHealth takes healthcare directly to the people.


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Quicker access to healthcare for people living ina slum with poor infrastructure and limitedtransportation to health facilities

Ability to see, treat, and educate more patients

Earlier identification of acute illnesses

Identification of chronic diseases andmonitoring to prevent exacerbation of

symptoms

Benefits of mHealth

Better tracking of patient's compliance with treatmentregimen

Improved follow-up to ensure resolution of patient's

complaint

Increased efficiency and lower cost of service delivery

Improved emergency medical response


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Partners for CareCommunity Health Initiatives

Hanging bed nets to prevent malaria

Teachingbehavioral changes for preventing

HIV/AIDS

Distributing award-winning water packs for safe

transport and storage of water

Utilizing solar sanitation to prevent waterborneillnesses


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Partners for Care has helped the people of Marurui Slum to

save their childrens lives by hanging bed nets.

Our staff monitor the continuous use ofbed nets to ensure

continual use.


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Partners for Care has a goal of reaching a million people with

the message of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Using commitment cards, Partners for Care staffteach behavioral

changes that reduce the risk of becoming infected with HIV/AIDS.


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Through a partnership with Greif Corporation, PackH20, and Habitat for Humanity, Partnersfor Care is replacing heavy, dirty jerry cans with lightweight, clean water packs.

Moving from this

To this..


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from this

to this


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from this


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.to this.


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PFC staff distribute these award-winning water packs and teach effective

ways to use them for safe water transport and storage.


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Partners for Care staff

teach people simple

methods for using thesun to clean drinking

water.

Solar sanitation is an

important step in

preventing dangerouswaterborne illnesses.


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mHealth

The mHealth program

and community health

teachings are anintegral part of serving

the healthcare needs of

the people in MaruruiSlum.

Partners for Care isworking to expand

implementation of

mHealth to governmentclinics.


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Visit our website atwww.partnersforcare.org

or our blog at partnersforcare.blogspot.com

for more information on the mHealth project and

Partners for Care.

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