Impact
Explore the stories and studies driving our global impact since 2016.
In 2022, we created 120 videos on the most commonly searched health conditions, helped nearly double COVID-19 vaccination rates among Indigenous communities in Guatemala, launched a digital vaccination toolkit with community health workers, and much more.
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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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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
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Boosting Community Health Workers’ Perceived Credibility Using Videos and Tablet Technology
“There is stigma to be undermined in the township as if we don’t know what we are talking about. Amavidiyo … anike umsebenzi wethu isidima: The videos gave weight to our work.”
September 28, 2022
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CHW Advocacy Training Facilitator Guide Aims to Expand Access to Digital Course
Introducing a free Facilitator Guide to support in-person and hybrid group learning for our Advocacy Training for Community Health Workers.
June 22, 2022
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Video Helps Eswatini Residents Avoid Snake Bites
"We needed something to educate the larger public on how to prevent snake bites." Read our feature in Stanford Medicine's award-winning blog, SCOPE.
May 31, 2022
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Digital Education as Effective as Face-to-Face Counseling in Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding
Explore findings from our randomized controlled trial with Philani with over 1,500 new mothers in the Western Cape of South Africa.
December 07, 2021
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Digital Advocacy Course Aims to Equip and Inspire Community Health Workers
A free digital course on advocacy, storytelling, and technology — core attributes meant to propel CHWs to take charge of their work and wellbeing.
September 27, 2021
