By Masaina Bwakya, Change Management Lead, PATH Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People Photo: PATH/Paul Nindi. BLN members met in Lusaka in March to share their experiences with digital and data solutions. As part of the meeting, BLN members visited facilities to see how health data is managed and visualized. For Silemane Ouedraogo, an Expand...
The costs of electronic immunization registries, sharing BID’s experience to help other countries plan By Mercy Mvundura, Senior Health Economist, PATH and Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate, PATH Posted in Packaging, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health workers use an electronic immunization registry in ...
Case study celebrates lessons and catalytic potential of rapid, iterative software development across three countries By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in Packaging, Policies & Practices, Products Pakistan, Zambia, and Kenya are among a growing number of countries implementing electronic immunization regi...
BID Learning Network expands services, mentoring countries across sub-Saharan Africa in digital and data solutions By Chilunga Puta, Director of the BID Learning Network, PATH Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices, Products Graphic: PATH. The BID Learning Network has expanded its services to include targeted mentors...
Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Paulo Urioh, a nurse at Mareu Health Center in Tanzania uses his facility’s electronic immunization registry. Last year, Tanzania launched a new national digital health strategy that will pave the way for more digital innovation. The following post appeared on path.org. The Government of Tanzania is calling for an end to ...
Lessons from the frontlines of the digital revolution: The BID Learning Network mentors countries invested in digital solutions By Hassan Mtenga, Country Lead Health System Strengthening, BID Initiative Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health professionals visit Kaoleni Healt...
Lessons from the frontlines of the digital revolution: The BID Learning Network mentors countries invested in digital solutions By Hassan Mtenga, Country Lead Health System Strengthening, BID Initiative Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health professionals visit Kaoleni Healt...
By Masaina Bwakya, Change Management Lead, BID Initiative Posted in Practices Photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/John Healey. Gertrude Tembo holds her baby during a vaccination service at the Mahatma Gandhi Clinic in Livingstone, Zambia. The Mahatma Gandhi Clinic is one of the first clinics to use data quality and use interventions under th...
By Masaina Bwakya, Change Management Lead, BID Initiative Posted in Practices Photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/John Healey. Gertrude Tembo holds her baby during a vaccination service at the Mahatma Gandhi Clinic in Livingstone, Zambia. The Mahatma Gandhi Clinic is one of the first clinics to use data quality and use interventions under th...
By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in Packaging, People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A health worker at Mareu Health Center in Tanzania checks her mobile phone. New evidence demonstrates that digital tools are improving immunization service delivery. The BID Initiative is committed to advanci...
By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in Packaging, People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A health worker at Mareu Health Center in Tanzania checks her mobile phone. New evidence demonstrates that digital tools are improving immunization service delivery. The BID Initiative is committed to advanci...
New Vietnam case study highlights lessons learned around key partnerships with mobile network operators and electronic immunization registries By Maya Rivera, Communications Officer, PATH Posted in Packaging, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Cuong Nguyen Phu. The IDEAL-Vietnam project works closely with the BID Initiative to provide g...
By Saumu Juma, Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in News, Policies & Practices Photo: Honorable Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister of Health, celebrated Tanzania’s progress and reiterated her commitment to using data quality and use interventions to improve immunization service delivery in front of members of the media, government officia...
By Kelly Huffman, PATH Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Patients wait for an immunization clinic at the Usa River Health Center in Tanzania. The following post appeared on path.org. Human-centered design is an approach to problem-solving that puts people first. Their needs, their constraints, their co...
By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices Photo: PATH/Catherine Muyawala. Members of the BID Learning Network (BLN) and Gavi Data Quality and Use (DQU) Collaborative met in Lusaka, Zambia last month from July 24 to 26 to share experiences from their resp...
By By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health workers consult patients during an immunization session at the Usa River Health Center in Tanzania. The BID Initiative has just released an exciting new publication that will benefit other coun...
By David Karunda, Program Officer, Data Use and Capacity Building, PATH and Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate, PATH Posted in People, Policies & Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A nurse takes vaccines from Usa River Health Center to her small clinic. In Tanzania, PATH is working with the government to build a health workforce f...
Global knowledge sharing: New PATH IDEAL-Vietnam project collaborates with BID Initiative By Maya Rivera, Communications Officer, PATH Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Cuong Nguyen Phu. A health worker uses Vietnam’s digital system for tracking immunization rates. Vaccinations have saved the lives of more children th...
By Saumu Juma, Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Products, Uncategorized Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Patients wait for immunization services at Usa River Health Center in Tanzania. Data quality and use interventions are now in place in nine regions across the country. In Tanzania, the government expa...
By Celina Kareiva, Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in Packaging, People, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A health worker vaccinates a young patient in Tanzania. This blog series launches the BID Story, and recounts our journey to design, develop, and implement data quality and use interventions in Tanzan...