Tech4MH Series

Written by: USAID’s Bureau for Global Health Can you imagine a world where all mothers give birth safely?  At the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), we are working to make that vision a reality.  We are re-imagining…

By: Vishal Kapoor, Portfolio Manager, Dasra In late 2011, the Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action (SNEHA), a Mumbai-based non-profit, embarked on an ambitious journey. Their goal was to reduce the incidence of malnutrition amongst…

By: Allison Ettenger, Program Manager, Jacaranda Health; Grace Lesser, Knowledge Manager, Jacaranda Health Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise, has been providing affordable, high-quality maternal and newborn health care for over two years in Kenya.…

By: Elizabeth Johansen, Director of Product Development, Design that Matters Well-designed medical technology has tremendous potential to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries. However, according to an influential Duke University…

By: Neal Lesh, Chief Strategy Officer, Dimagi Since 2008, Dimagi has helped organizations in 30 countries set up mobile projects with CommCare, an open source mobile platform that supports frontline workers (FLWs). CommCare is actively being used by over…

By: Meg Wirth, Founder, Maternova Maternova is a social enterprise building out a fast track for commercialization of life-saving technologies for maternal, newborn and child health.  Why commercialization?  Isn’t the current trend…

By: Yogeeta Manglani, Research Assistant, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative  The Maternal Health Task Force is excited to announce the launch of Tech4MH, a blog series that will focus on technologies that hold promise for…