During the Africa Health Tech Summit held in Kigali in December 2022, the Africa CDC digitization team requested TIP Global Health host a site visit to bring conference attendees to view a local digital health innovation in action. Attendees were to learn about E-Heza’s approach, TIP’s journey to…
Authors Ishimwe, Angele Bienvenue; Uwitonze. Annick Gloria; Nsubuga, Diana Nambatya, PhD; Leonard, Wendy, MD Background Despite numerous safe motherhood campaigns happening in Rwanda, only 47% of pregnant women complete the 4 standard Antenatal Care Visits (ANC), while 56% attend the first standard visit. This is a threat to…
TIP Global Health invited Joy Umutesi, a Community Health Worker (CHW) from Rwanda, to present at the Conference on Public Health in Africa in December 2022. Joy shared the firsthand experience of the digitalization of community health services in her area, which has made reporting and communication between…
In 2012, TIP Global Health embarked upon an ambitious initiative to decrease childhood malnutrition in Gakenke District in the Northern Province of Rwanda by focusing our efforts on the most vulnerable subpopulation- HIV-positive pregnant women and their HIV-exposed children- while strengthening the entire system of care for pregnant…
I first heard about TIP Global Health about two years ago. After learning more about the organization, I visited community health workers’ activities and visited health centers that were using E-Heza. Knowing that the Ministry of Health had been discussing how best to digitize primary health care, I…
In my six months with TIP Global Health, it has been my pleasure to get to work alongside my dedicated and thoughtful colleagues. I chose to join TIP because I was impressed by the ecosystem of care – from primary to national – that the work supports through…
On December 4, 2022 E-Heza Data Solution was added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance DPG Registry. The goal of the DPGA and its registry is to promote digital public goods in order to create a more equitable world. Being recognised as a DPG increases the visibility, support…
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us that even the most thoughtfully designed, evidence-based primary healthcare delivery systems are dependent upon the ability of local health systems to build trust among their community members that facilitate early and ongoing engagement in care and adoption of health recommendations. Hope –…
Nutrition is an essential component of adequate primary care. Yet, health centers have long struggled with stock outs of fortified porridge, and commercial products are often too expensive for rural families to access. TIP Global Health recognizes that food is medicine for families living in poverty. That is…
Health and wellbeing is deeply personal, and the ability to optimize health and wellbeing is often dependent upon the ability to trust in the person or system providing health care guidance. As such, the relationship between a frontline health worker and the community member she serves becomes the…
