Impact
Explore the stories and studies driving our global impact since 2016.
In 2024, we expanded the types of learning assets we delivered to communities worldwide, producing vaccine education cards as part of a larger immunization campaign in Mozambique, infographics to help mothers detect danger signs in pregnancy and for newborns in Africa, and a series of educational videos about HPV and routine childhood vaccination that reached over 4.1 million people in Guatemala.
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"The Videos Gave Weight to Our Work"
Explore our qualitative study in Khayelitsha, South Africa with the Philani Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Trust.
We found that using educational videos can help legitimize community health workers in the eyes of patients and improve their experiences delivering care.
Stories of Impact
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Learn more about our human-centered journey to create digital health training for CHWs
In our recent webinar with Lwala Community Alliance, we shared how we used our human-centered design approach to co-create a relevant, practical and useful free digital course with CHWs for managing common childhood illnesses.
December 09, 2025
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Can text messages improve postpartum care? Promising evidence from four Indian states
Check out our joint blog post with Noora Health, highlighting findings from our recent study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
November 21, 2025
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Working to meet the global need for mental health education
The Stanford Center for Health Education is developing content for health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and for school staff in the Bay Area.
May 28, 2025
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Applying Design-Based Research in Healthcare: A New Approach to Advocacy Among Community Health Workers
Discover the impact of a Design-Based Research approach in transforming Community Health Workers into active advocates within their communities.
September 30, 2024
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Combating Misinformation Through Evidence-Based Health Videos
We created over 120 evidence-based videos on the most searched health conditions in English and Spanish, including topics in cancer, HIV, addiction, mental health, and more.
June 03, 2024
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Open-Access Course on Childhood Illness Equips Community Health Workers to Save More Lives
"Caring for Sick Children in the Community" offers refresher training on fever, HIV, TB, malnutrition, and other common drivers of preventable child mortality.
January 29, 2024
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Localizing Food-Based Dietary Guidelines with Community Insights in Tanzania
"Interventions, regardless of how well-intentioned they are, will fail if they fail to recognise context."
August 10, 2023
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Driving a People-Centered Approach to Expand Immunization Coverage in Zambézia, Mozambique
Explore this case study from our collaborators at VillageReach to learn about the user-centered design process behind pictorial cards for caregivers in Mozambique.
March 06, 2023
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Stanford’s Digital Medic Equips Community Health Workers Worldwide to Promote Vaccines
“A person’s beliefs and values can influence how they understand health concepts [...] and how they make decisions." See our feature on Stanford Digital Education's website.
February 23, 2023
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Understanding and Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy Among Indigenous Populations in Guatemala
Learn how we worked with Wuqu' Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance & the University of California San Francisco to create COVID-19 educational videos and change vaccine perceptions.
February 01, 2023
