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Improving Health Extension Workers' training and effectiveness
through continuous skills improvement, knowledge assessment
and patient management processes
GPAF Innovation Project July 2013 - October 2016
Mobile Learning for Primary Health Workers

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“Digital technologies can add
value to our development
interventions to help
reach greater numbers of poor
and marginalised people more
quickly and cost-effectively”
Headline conclusion
2015

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Key Lessons Learned
 Build from a common technical/learning
platform used across many countries and
implementations.
 Build from a nationally approved training
curriculum.
 Build training programs to include digital/mobile
components from the start.
 Follow the Principles for Digital Development.

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Key Lessons Learned
 Strong device ownership by the health workers
helps to reduce breakage/loss.
 HEWs very quickly learn to use the devices and
take good care of them
 Ongoing technical support is required but it can
be provided in ways that do not require extesnve
travel.

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Key Lessons Learned
The question for Governments is not if, but when,
their health workers can expect mobile or digital
components to be an an integral part of their
learning experience and professional lives

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• This project is innovative
and relevant.
•There are clear results and
overall the project scores A+.
• The project represents very
good value for money.
GPAF QAV Visit Report
(January 2016)

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OppiaMobile Case Study (2015)

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Oppia Mobile Worldwide
(October 2016)

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Working closely with mPowering
Frontline Health Workers (US)
on:
 Promotion of mobile
learning/training for frontline
health workers.
 Scaling mobile learning to
national/regional levels.
 Integration with the ORB
health worker training content
platform.
Global Advocacy with MPowering

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www.health-ORB.org
A multimedia crowd-sourced health content library

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A multimedia crowd-sourced health content library
www.health-ORB.org

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This is the creation, curation, packaging and
distribution of training content in a form that is readily
usable by worldwide primary health workers

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Funded by:
OppiaMobile ongoing development

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Video and gamification integration

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Adapting Primary Health Workers training
content Worldwide

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Level III HEWs training content mobile
adaptation
• 11 training modules
• Mobile content
adaptation funded by

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Level III HEWs training content mobile
adaptation
• Antenatal care
• Postnatal care
• LDC
• ICCM
• AYRH
• Nutrition
• Immunization
• Family Planning
• Health Promotion
• NCD

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Level III HEWs training content mobile
adaptation

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LEVEL V Anesthetist Nurses training
content mobile adaptation
• 12 training modules.
• More than 1.000
pages.
• Content adaptation
funded by

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LEVEL V Anesthetist nurses training content
mobile adaptation

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Multimedia course for Health Workers
• More than 150 well designed instructional
videos and quizzes for health workers.
• Mobile content adaptation funded by

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ONE WASH National Program (OWNP)
• The Government of Ethiopia's long term One
WASH National Programme (OWNP) aims to
modernise the way water and sanitation is
delivered throughout the country.
• OpenWASH offers targeted learning to
develop the expertise of WASH practitioners,
and improve the effectiveness and
sustainability of WASH projects.

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ONE WASH National Program (OWNP)
• Written by Ethiopian experts with support
from the Open University.
• 5 training modules.The modules focus on
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in
urban areas.
• They can be used in a variety of teaching
contexts.

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ONE WASH National Program (OWNP)
• Ethiopia’s One WASH National Programme
• Urban sanitation and solid waste management
• Urban WASH: working with people
• Urban water supply
• WASH: Context and environment
• OpenWASH Trainer’s Handbook
Modules:

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Ethiopia’s One WASH National Program

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WASH Program Worldwide

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Collaboration with the NURHI Project
(NIGERIA)
 First phase: 300 midwives trained in family
planning counselling.
 Johns Hopkins University CCP program.
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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ONDO STATE project (NIGERIA)
 First phase: 200 nurses and
midwives trained in maternal and
child health.
 Instrat Nigeria, mPowering and
Medical Aid Films.
 Due to be rolled out to 4000
nurse and midwives in next
months.
 http://www.medicalaidfilms.org/a-
new-partnership-to-transform-
health-worker-training-in-nigeria/

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ONDO State Project (NIGERIA)
 http://www.medicalaidfilms.org/a-new-
partnership-to-transform-health-worker-training-
in-nigeria/

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RH training for
Lady Health
Worker
RH training for
Lady Health
Worker FP Counseling in Bihar for
ASHAs w/expansion for RCT
FP Counseling in Bihar for
ASHAs w/expansion for RCT
RH and
Nutritional
Counseling
through FLHWs
RH and
Nutritional
Counseling
through FLHWs
MoH rollout of eHealth
program
24000 FLHWs
MoH rollout of eHealth
program
24000 FLHWs
M-learning projects in INDIA &
PAKISTAN

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Project GYAN JOTI INDIA
 Gyan Joti (Light of knowledge) app.
 Used in family planning counselling
sessions by ASHAs.
 Video driven content – in local
language – to show clients during
counselling sessions.
 Increased takeup of family planning
methods by 300%!!.
 Implemented by JHU CCP.

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Project Bright Future (Pakistan)
 Bright Future app.
 as with India – training Lady
Health Workers in family planning
counselling.
 Implemented by Johns Hopkins
University CCP.

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Project Bright Future (Pakistan)

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Collaboration with educational
projects in ZAMBIA
iSchool (mwabu)
Training health workers in HIV/AIDS and TB.
Using shared tablets based in health centres.
Using tablets in primary schools
Implemented by iSchool and Jhpiego.
University of Zambia
Leadership and management training for nurses.
Implemented by Intrahealth and UNZA.

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Ghana - CHN on the Go
 300+ community health nurses
using the app for maternal and
child health.
 Adaptation of OppiaMobile to
include learning goals and
calendaring.
 Implemented by Grameen
Foundation and Concern
Worldwide.
http://chnonthgo.org

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Ghana - CHN on the Go

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Further Information
Creative Commons - https://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons for Global Health (video) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqq6Gg5g3U
DFID Review of Digital in Development Programmes -
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4
17521/Review-Digital-Programmes-Feb2015.pdf
Establishing a Global End to End Mobile Content Distribution Process for
Health Workers (OpenDeliver) - http://mpoweringhealth.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/06/ORB-White-Paper-v1r10-Screen-Res.pdf
mPowering ORB platform –http://health-orb.org
OppiaMobile platform:
Overview: https://digital-campus.org/oppiamobile/overview/
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=org.digitalcampus.mobile.learning
Documentation: http://oppiamobile.readthedocs.io