ASSIST Project

The ASSIST Project’s community support activity in Uganda has focused on improving the engagement and performance of Village Health Teams (VHTs) to provide self-management support for people living with HIV. As a part of this activity, mHealth technologies have been introduced, whereby cellular phones have been integrated into existing health-related processes, in an attempt to strengthen supervision, communication, and feedback between VHTs, their supervisors, and the health facilities. The introduction of cell phones made it possible for the VHTs to quickly obtain answers to their patients’ questions, while also facilitating communication between the VHTs and their supervisors.

https://www.usaidassist.org/blog/using-mhealth-improve-performance-and-engagement-village-health-teams

National implementation: Uganda

Fully implemented and active from 01/06/2013

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Children between 5 and 12
• Children under 5
• Elderly
• New born
• Pregnant women

• Community health worker
• Village Health Teams (VHTs)

• Adolescent health
• Ageing
• Chronic diseases
• Disability
• Environmental health
• Healthy living
• Immunization
• Injuries, Traffic
• Maternal, newborn, infant and child health
• Mental health
• Nutrition
• Obesity
• Patient safety
• Pregnancy
• Reproductive health
• Substance abuse
• UHC

• Cancer
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Cerebrovascular diseases
• Diabetes
• Diarrhoeal diseases
• Hepatitis
• HIV/AIDS
• Malaria
• Neonatal infections
• Polio
• Tropical diseases
• Tuberculosis

• Access to information and services
• Decision support systems
• Diagnostic and treatment support
• Health education
• Healthcare management
• Patient monitoring

• Satellite
• Wired network
• Wireless network

• Mobile phones
• Smartphones

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This project is evaluated? Yes

Year of evaluation 2014

https://www.usaidassist.org/sites/assist/files/leveraging_mhealth_to_strengthen_systems_mar2014_0.pdf