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Empowered by UNICEF, Iraq's Ministry of Health Takes a Bold Step Towards the Future

Officials during the first digital transformation convergence workshop in Baghdad - the first of its kind in the Middle East and North...

Can digital tools help bridge the gap between traditional and modern medicine in Madagascar?

Odette and one of her Community Health Worker colleagues with their personal phones, which they use to communicate with their health...

Geo-enabled Microplanning in Mozambique for integrated COVID-19 and Routine Immunization

District EPI (PAV) managers discussing the GIS map with health facility manager Digital technologies can act as accelerators for the...

How Paraguay uses digital platforms to reach health workers with remote training

Being aware of the benefits of using digital platforms to train health workers, such as the ability to reach providers in remote...

UNICEF supports the development of the Geo-Enabled Microplanning Handbook

UNICEF and WHO, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gavi, The Global Fund and World Bank, recently released the...

How digitizing the largest voluntary workforce in the world can transform healthcare in Madagascar

“It’s a way to take care of my community,” says Emilienne, passionately describing her motivation to serve as a community healthcare...

In Honduras, health workers trained via digital platforms help combat COVID-19 in the north

@ UNICEF Honduras For Ministries of Health, it can be a challenge to share new lessons and guidelines with their health workforce,...

Launch of the COVAX Geospatial Health Community of Practice

GIS-based Microplanning map for vaccine distribution in Zambia - courtesy of GRID3 In late 2020, as the roll out of COVID-19 vaccines...