Medic Mobile

Building tools for people who care. Medic builds world-class, open-source software that supports health workers delivering equitable care that reaches everyone.

Medic serves as the technical steward and a core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit (CHT), an open-source platform that supports health workers as they provide essential care in their own communities. We are part of a movement for global health equity aimed at changing how health systems work and how technology powers those systems. Medic's global team of innovators is 90+ strong, dispersed across more than 14 countries, 32 cities, and all time zones. We create resources, build documentation, and offer support to a growing community of partners and builders working to improve health in the hardest-to-reach communities. Medic is a US 501(c)(3) public charity with tax-exempt status.

09/04/2025

📍 Turkana, northern Kenya: vast, open landscapes stretch as far as the eye can see. Malnutrition rates are high—but so is the resilience of communities and health workers.

Our Senior Project Officer Mercy Amulele reflects on her first visit to Turkana and the lessons learned about how two-way messaging technology could help communities identify child malnutrition, and ultimately save lives.

Read her story from the field 🔗 https://bit.ly/4n7JhZE

International Rescue Committee | UNICEF Kenya | County Government of Turkana | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

08/21/2025

What do community health workers in Uganda, volunteers in Nepal, and developers in South Africa have in common?

They’re all part of a global network co-creating open-source tools to strengthen health systems for everyone, everywhere.

In this new article, Medic’s Director of Open Technology Andra Blaj explains how the Community Health Toolkit is putting the United Nations Open Source Principles into action — and why community must always be at the center of innovation.

Read the full story here 👉 https://bit.ly/medic-and-un-open-source-principles

08/12/2025

In Mali, Muso Health is migrating their community health data to local ownership and advancing digital sovereignty.

Discover how Muso and Medic are working together to empower communities and resolve issues quicker.

Read a Q&A with Muso's technical expert Ulrich Anani: https://bit.ly/4fDQG0m

💬 What do you think local data ownership means for health? Share in the comments below!

08/04/2025

What unites developers, designers, and implementers across organizations and time zones?

A shared challenge: interoperability between the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) and DHIS2.

Instead of working in silos, International Committee of the Red Cross, Open Function, Living Goods, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), and Medic came together to form the first-ever CHT Squad—combining technical and field expertise to solve this challenge together.

Find out from squad members Emmanuel Evans and Raphael Kenyuri what they learned about speed, trust, flexibility, and building for impact.

🔗 Click the link in the comments for more.

06/20/2025

This , we’re celebrating the power of community as a superpower.

In Uganda’s refugee settlements, over 2,000 refugee health workers are proving just how powerful community-led care can be.

Open-source technology developed by is helping them harness their skills, languages, and cultural understanding to improve health outcomes for over 800,000 people.

These are not stories of charity, but of leadership, resilience, and innovation.

Check out the comments for the latest blog from Guild's Brian Ssennoga on how refugee communities are transforming healthcare from the inside out 🔗

06/18/2025

🇳🇵 True impact, through real stories, coming from Nepal!

Thanks to the dedication of Gandaki's Ministry of Health, the support of Swiss Re Foundation, and the Community Health Toolkit, over 290 frontline health workers shared how the Pregnancy Registration and Tracking Program is helping them deliver better care.

✨ “Now, I can easily register, track, and follow up on pregnant women, which makes my work more effective and reliable.” — Female, 29
📈 93% say their care has improved.
💪 95% feel more empowered.

We’re so proud of what’s been achieved—together.

🔗 Read the full report: https://bit.ly/60-decibels-nepal-report

06/06/2025

Open Source Fridays with GitHub celebrate the creators, maintainers, and contributors who make the open source community thrive.

And we're delighted to announce that this week...that's the Community Health Toolkit!

Medic Community Manager Antony Khaemba will be joining Kedasha Kerr to talk about the CHT, and the community which makes it.

🗓️ Friday, June 6
⏰ 4:45PM GMT

We created a calendar event so you don’t miss it 👇 https://bit.ly/4dHQf3S

05/29/2025

Exciting news!

We’ve just launched a fully refreshed Community Health Toolkit documentation site—giving you everything you need to contribute to, implement and be successful with the CHT.

In this short video, Ashley Jones gives a tour of what’s new, and how it’ll help you.

📽️ Explore the full walk-through https://bit.ly/43lMv4N

05/27/2025

There's a few ways to plug into the global next week — and be part of "feature development that is driven by the community."

💬 CHT Community Meetup – For health workers, developers, and implementers to share learnings, ask questions, and build together. Share updates, ask questions, and get inspired.

💻 Dev Demo Hour – A space for developers to showcase what they’re working on, get feedback, and support one another — from first-time contributors to core maintainers.

Everyone’s welcome!

🗓️ View the full schedule at the link in the comments 🔗

05/21/2025

📢 “When you uplift a woman, you uplift the whole community.”

Those beautiful words from CHW Millicent Miruka were just some of the captivating insights and questions raised at Community Health Impact Coalition's side event to .

As a Coalition member, Medic joined the call for fair pay, recognition, and digital tools for community health workers (CHWs) around the world.

Why now? Because nearly half the world lacks access to essential healthcare, and CHWs—70% of them women—remain underpaid and undervalued despite being the backbone of primary care.

In Kenya, over 8 million households have been registered through eCHIS, thanks to digitally equipped CHWs who conduct disease surveillance, provide maternal and child health support, and help communities prepare for crises like floods—in addition to daily household visits.

👉 The message from leaders was clear: professionalizing CHWs is smart policy, cost-effective, and the just thing to do.

05/20/2025

“Because of the heart that I have, I really fight for the people. I like my community, I like helping. I don’t like people suffering. What do I do?'

What Saida Shisia Odour did was become a Community Health Assistant, to help care for the community around her.

It was an honour to help bring her story to the global stage on the opening day of the 78th World Health Assembly, alongside our incredible partners from the CHU4UHC platform and The Ministry of Health, Kenya.

From legal reforms to paying, equipping and digitally strengthening over 106,000 CHWs, Kenya is showing what it takes to build resilient, community-led health systems. 🙌

05/12/2025

One week left to register, !

Join CHU4UHC platform and The Ministry of Health for this event on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly.

If you want to learn more about sustainable, locally-led approaches to community health, come with us as we explore Kenya's fascinating journey toward universal health coverage.

Register at the link in the comments! 🔗

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