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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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Using WhatsApp for vaccine promotion in low-and middle-income countries: practitioner-informed perspectives
See our commentary in BMJ Global Health alongside fellow Vaccine Confidence Fund awardees.
October 24, 2025
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Talking to Teens About Drugs: Real-World Tools for Tough Conversations
A free online course helps school staff use proven techniques to connect with youth about substance use.
October 08, 2025
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Strengthening Maternal and Infant Care through GenAI Mobile Messaging
Supported by Stanford Impact Labs, Digital Medic and Noora Health are using AI in mobile health tools to enhance maternal and infant care for millions of families in South Asia.
October 03, 2025
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Digital Innovation Driving Global Vaccine Uptake
See how Digital Medic and other Vaccine Confidence Fund grantees are reaching 4 million people, training 3,000 champions, reducing costs, and addressing vaccine hesitancy.
September 29, 2025
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Quarterly Update | July 2025
Learn about our collaboration with Noora Health for scaling postnatal education with AI and a new open-access course on pediatric respiratory distress.
July 23, 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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Learning interventions and training: providing support during health emergencies
We helped guest edit a special edition of Frontiers in Public Health that explores just-in-time, science-based training for health workers and policymakers during crises.
April 24, 2025
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Quarterly Update | April 2025
Explore our 2024 annual program summary as well as our CUGH poster presentation, new research and commentary, and plans for expanded mental health content in 2025.
April 10, 2025
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Introducing the 2024 Digital Medic Program Summary
In 2024, we delivered training resources to communities worldwide, in remote villages and urban centers, through collaboration, learning design, and a focus on local needs.
March 31, 2025
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Skoll Foundation announces winners of the 2025 Skoll Award for Social Innovation
The Community Health Impact Coalition, of which Digital Medic is a member, was honored for systems-level work advancing the status of community health workers globally.
March 24, 2025
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Understanding measles, a highly infectious but preventable disease
As measles cases rise, pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Charles Prober of Stanford Medicine shares information about measles symptoms, transmission, and prevention.
March 17, 2025
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A mobile messaging service for families on postnatal knowledge and practices: a cluster randomized trial, India
Digital messaging to families in the postnatal period can be effective, according to a study we undertook with researchers from Noora Health, now published in the WHO Bulletin.
February 13, 2025
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2025 Community Engagement Impact Project Awards
Learn about the Stanford Center for Health Education's (SCHE) new funding awards for two community health education projects with collaborators in San Mateo County.
February 07, 2025
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New publication: Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study
Discover how adapting and sharing emergency health massive open access online courses (MOOCs) can enhance accessibility and impact in low- and middle-income countries.
January 16, 2025
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One term to transform: universal health coverage through professional community health workers
See our comment in The Lancet alongside collaborators from the Community Health Impact Coalition.
December 12, 2024
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New publication: The role and recognition of community health workers in research–a global survey
Learn about the significant gap we demonstrated between the extensive focus on CHWs in research and their recognition as coauthors. Now available in The Lancet Global Health.
December 10, 2024
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Join our Digital Health Week webinar with speakers from Digital Medic, Wuqu' Kawoq, and UCSF
On November 6, 2024, learn how inclusive education interventions can address barriers to immunization and equip communities to make informed health decisions. Recording available.
November 04, 2024
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Quarterly Update | October 2024
Explore newly published research on emergency information sharing, animated videos on HPV and routine vaccination, and more in our October newsletter.
October 23, 2024