PAHO eHealth

Good Practice:
Kawok

Name of institution/organization that executes the initiative:
TulaSalud

Type of institution/organization: Civil Society or Non-Governmental

Other participating institutions/organizations:
Dimagi

Category:
mHealth
Telehealth or Telemedicine
Access to Information

What health topic(s) does it address?

Where is the initiative being implemented?

Country or countries: Guatemala

Locality or localities: Alta Verapaz

Is there a target group or beneficiary population? No

Initiative began in: 2009

Is it still active? Yes

Description:
TulaSalud partners with the Ministry of Health and the Cobán School of Nursing and receives support from the Tula Foundation based in Canada; Using mobile phones, TulaSalud has been able to improve the flow of information between health professionals based in hospitals and community health workers (CHWs) in remote villages. There are currently 195 CHW using Kawok (CommCare application) serving more than 700 communities and a population of more than 300,000 residents.

Additional Resources:

Close and Personal TulaSalud mHealth Work Guatemala

Lessons learned from 5 years of experience in rural Guatemala

Link(s) to photo album(s): (on Picasa, Flickr or similar sites)
http://goo.gl/YfpVb

Initiative website:
www.tulasalud.org

Main Contact:

Main Contact Person: Ray Brunsting, CTO
Organization/Institution: TulaSalud

Additional Contacts:

Name and Title: Isabel Lobos, GM
Organization/Institution: TulaSalud

Name and Title: Diego Rios, Field Manager
Organization/Institution: Dimagi

For more information on this experience, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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