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The Duality of Digital Self-Care: Decreasing Health Worker Workloads, While Increasing Access to Care for Clients
Digital technology, when applied well, serves to extend the reach of health workers and to reinforce and enhance relationship-driven in-person care, not to fully replace it.
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Project HOPE and Johnson & Johnson Foundation Partner to Deliver Localized COVID-19 Training to Protect and Support Indonesian Healthcare Workers
Indonesia has less than half the WHO recommended numbers of doctors and nurses. With more than 2.7 million COVID-19 cases to date, the country’s health workers are at risk every day.
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Leading a Community Health Team Supporting Syrian Refugees in Jordan
The project, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee, aims to integrate community health programming into the national health structure in Jordan to respond to the refugee crisis as well as to strengthen national health systems and services.
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Using Digital Health to Support Community Health Worker Programs
An 18-month follow-up on Living Goods’ Maturity Model and Toolkit, a practical ‘how-to’ guide on implementing a digitally-equipped CHW program.
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Innovation in Maternal Health Services During COVID-19
The Center is supporting partners such as ARMMAN and m2m use digital technology to extend maternal health services during COVID-19—and to safeguard these services against future health crises.
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Five Lessons From a Decade of Supporting Mothers in Low-Resource Settings With Technology
For over a decade I was fortunate to manage a portfolio of global programs funded through the Johnson & Johnson Foundation that have worked to educate and empower pregnant women and new mothers in low-resource settings by providing vital health information through mobile technology.
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A Tale of Two Worlds in Maternal Health
In one world, childbirth is overly medicalized. A C-section can be lifesaving in obstetric emergencies, but a rise in C-sections for nonemergencies has become a global concern. The second world is one in which access to essential health services is limited. More than 800 women and 7,000 babies who are less than a month old die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of these deaths could be prevented through access to quality health care.
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The Case for a Collective Impact Platform Approach to Health Systems Strengthening
A collaborative stakeholder ecosystem in pursuit of Collective Impact, with government at the center, is imperative for driving the changes needed to strengthen the overall healthcare system.
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Johnson & Johnson Foundation and IRC: Partnering for Systems Change
With foundations starting to move out of firefighting mode, now is the time to take a leadership role, going beyond bilateral financial support to catalyze true systems change.
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Voices From the Front Line
Meet Teresa Harrison, a Community Mental Health Navigator Who is Changing How Mental Healthcare is Being Delivered in Grimsby, UK
A new model in community-based mental health support pioneered by Mental Health UK is improving quality of life for patients and helping ease over-burdened primary care practices.
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