More Countries Now Using mHero to Boost COVID-19 Response

August 20, 2020More countries are using mHero to tackle theirCOVID-19 epidemics, including to monitor the health of their frontline health workers, speed up communications between ministries and the front lines, and boost surveillance and response for COVID-19 and other disease threats.During any disease outbreak, real-time communication between national health authorities and frontline health workers is critical to protecting health workers and saving lives. IntraHealth International’smHero application—a two-way, mobile phone-based communication system that connects ministries of health and health workers—is designed to do exactly that.Now more countries and international development donors are looking to mHero to strengthen health systems and their responses to COVID-19, including by:Monitoring the health of frontline health workersWith funding fromDigital Square, IntraHealth is deploying mHero in up to three countries—including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia—to collect data on the health of the health workforce. Those data will help ministries of health keep an eye on their health workers, ensuring that they have sufficient personal protective equipment and are not becoming infected with COVID-19.“We are excited to see how we can support ministries of health in understanding their workforce—down to specific health workers—to inform district and national policy interventions,” says Caitlin Loehr, digita...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Digital Health Technology Mobile Technology Health Workers Source Type: news