Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi
, , In 2010, 7.6 million children under five died globally – largely due to preventable diseases. Majority of these deaths occurred in sub–Saharan Africa. As a strategy to reduce child mortality, the Government of Malawi, in 2008, initiated integrated community case management allowing health...
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| author | Mildred Shieshia Megan Noel Sarah Andersson Barbara Felling Soumya Alva Smisha Agarwal Amnesty Lefevre Amos Misomali Boniface Chimphanga Humphreys Nsona Yasmin Chandani |
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In 2010, 7.6 million children under five died globally – largely due to preventable diseases. Majority of these deaths occurred
in sub–Saharan Africa. As a strategy to reduce child mortality,
the Government of Malawi, in 2008, initiated integrated community
case management allowing health surveillance assistants (HSAs) to treat sick children in communities. Malawi however, faces health infrastructure challenges, including weak supply chain systems leading to low product availability. A baseline assessment conducted in 2010 identified data visibility, transport and motivation of HSAs as challenges to continuous product availability. The project designed a mHealth tool as part of two interventions to address these challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfae837954a044c991ba6f045036043f2022-12-21T23:17:47ZengEdinburgh University Global Health SocietyJournal of Global Health2047-29782047-29862014-11-014210.7189/jogh.04.020406Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in MalawiMildred Shieshia0Megan Noel1Sarah Andersson2Barbara Felling3Soumya Alva4Smisha Agarwal5Amnesty Lefevre6Amos Misomali7Boniface Chimphanga8Humphreys Nsona9Yasmin Chandani10JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Nairobi, KenyaJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Arlington, VA, USAJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Arlington, VA, USAJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Arlington, VA, USAJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Arlington, VA, USAJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.,Lilongwe, MalawiJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.,Lilongwe, MalawiJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.,Lilongwe, MalawiJSIMinistry of Health, Blantyre, Malawi Research & Training Institute, Inc.,Lilongwe, MalawiJSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Nairobi, Kenya, , In 2010, 7.6 million children under five died globally – largely due to preventable diseases. Majority of these deaths occurred in sub–Saharan Africa. As a strategy to reduce child mortality, the Government of Malawi, in 2008, initiated integrated community case management allowing health surveillance assistants (HSAs) to treat sick children in communities. Malawi however, faces health infrastructure challenges, including weak supply chain systems leading to low product availability. A baseline assessment conducted in 2010 identified data visibility, transport and motivation of HSAs as challenges to continuous product availability. The project designed a mHealth tool as part of two interventions to address these challenges.http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201402/A6_Shieshia_FINAL.XMLIntegrated Community Case ManagementiCCMsupply chainmHealthmultilevel teamsMalawi |
| spellingShingle | Mildred Shieshia Megan Noel Sarah Andersson Barbara Felling Soumya Alva Smisha Agarwal Amnesty Lefevre Amos Misomali Boniface Chimphanga Humphreys Nsona Yasmin Chandani Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi Journal of Global Health Integrated Community Case Management iCCM supply chain mHealth multilevel teams Malawi |
| title | Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi |
| title_full | Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi |
| title_short | Strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach: Using mHealth technology and multilevel teams in Malawi |
| title_sort | strengthening community health supply chain performance through an integrated approach using mhealth technology and multilevel teams in malawi |
| topic | Integrated Community Case Management iCCM supply chain mHealth multilevel teams Malawi |
| url | http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201402/A6_Shieshia_FINAL.XML |
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