Category Archives: mCHW

This week Simon and Isabella conducted fieldwork in Kibera, in order to better understand the work and learning practices of Community Health Workers (CHWs), and supervisory practices of Community Health Extention Workers (CHEWs). Simon and Isabella shadowed and interviewed CHWs, CHEWs, and Community Health Committee (CHC) members. As part of the data collection process, they…

The second PAR group workshop focused on the second key intervention area, HIV Counselling, as identified by the Community Health Workers (CHWs), Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) and the Community Health click medicinedrop.com Committee (CHC) from both project sites (Makueni and Kibera) during the first PAR Group workshop. During this workshop, the MCC application was co-designed…

LKL’s Dr Niall Winters has contributed a report to UNESCO’s Working Paper series on Mobile Learning entitled ‘The Future of Mobile Learning‘. Dr Winters will also took part in a webinar about the report as part of UNESCO’s Mobile Learning Week 2013 held at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris. Dr Winters said: “Despite over 15 years…

August 30-31, 2013 It seemed like a long wait for the CHWs but when it took off, it was surely worth the wait. The exchange visits for the CHWs were a great success! There was overwhelming support in planning and execution of this activity. AMREF/LKL, focal persons, CHEWs, CHWs, CHCs and communities made significant contributions…

26th November 2012, Learning to save lives in Uganda. The Guardian In Uganda, only 38% of midwives are fully qualified, leaving the majority ill-equipped to deal with complicated births. But a pioneering project is using online study to fill the training gap.

From The Guardian’s global development section comes a useful list of recommended books on the combined topic of environment and development

See the work done by Almaz Nagade, a health extension worker in Doiso, Ethiopia. She was trained by AMREF, and is now able to provide health education and basic, but vital pre- and post-natal care to her village of 6,700 people.

13th November 2012, Why mobile learning on its own won’t solve the access problem Blog post by Niall Winters on the lidcblog (London International Development Centre)

11th November 2012, Take a tablet – it’ll teach you the ABC Quote from Niall Winters on technology and education in Africa featured in The Sunday Times

Dean’s Lecture Series 2012, Hosted by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education This lecture draws on nearly three decades of research that has focused on technology and knowledge, and generates some http://www.medicineid.com/ conclusions for learning and teaching in the 21st century.