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High-Impact GrowthPartnering with the government to improve maternal health with Nick Pearson and Sathy Rajasekharan of Jacaranda Health: Dispatches from the 2022 Global Digital Health ForumJonathan Jackson sits down with Jacaranda Health’s co-executive directors Nick Pearson & Sathy Rajasekharan at the Global Digital Health Forum, to discuss challenges and learnings along their journey to impact in maternal and child health in Kenya.
Some topics covered in this conversation include:
Navigating a major pivot as a digital health organization from running private health centers to partnering with governments to support gaps in maternal and newborn care
Maximizing impact by improving communication with moms through a digital platform called Prompts
Scaling capacity & exploring peer learning through a mentorship program for healthcare providers
Amplifying th...
2023-02-1322 min
MedxTek AfricaEp15 - Giving mothers a voice in the health-care systemOn this episode, I am joined by Sathy Rajasekharan ‒the Executive Director (Africa) at Jacaranda Health. Sathy offers compelling insights on what it means to build accessible, inclusive, and trusted digital health technologies that support hard-to-reach and last mile mothers across Kenya, and how digital technologies have a responsibility to give women a voice in the health system. You can learn more about Jacaranda Health by visiting: https://www.jacarandahealth.org/
If you have any thoughts on this episode, or recommendations of African health innovators that you’d like me to host on the show, please reach out...
2022-03-3135 min
The Africa Health Ventures PodcastReinventing Yourself on the Journey to Scale with Sathy Rajasekharan of Jacaranda HealthSathy Rajasekharan is the co-Executive Director of Jacaranda Health. Frustrated with the speed of change within larger institutions, Sathy joined Jacaranda to be part of a small, agile, and experimental team. His mission was to lead the charge on local innovation. He joined at a pivotal time, when Jacaranda Health was transforming beyond its origins as a private healthcare provider to create a digital health non-profit. At the helm of Jacaranda's operations in Africa today, Sathy is committed to Jacaranda's work to generate rapid, grounded innovation. This means he needs to make tough choices on what experiments to keep...
2021-10-1334 min
Practical AINLP to help pregnant mothers in KenyaIn Kenya, 33% of maternal deaths are caused by delays in seeking care, and 55% of maternal deaths are caused by delays in action or inadequate care by providers. Jacaranda Health is employing NLP and dialogue system techniques to help mothers experience childbirth safely and with respect and to help newborns get a safe start in life. Jay and Sathy from Jacaranda join us in this episode to discuss how they are using AI to prioritize incoming SMS messages from mothers and help them get the care they need.Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 3 minutes on...
2021-08-1744 min
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDJonathan Weitzman – Part 1 – Enriching Your Academic CareerEven academic and professional paths that look straighforward from afar and in hindsight were built on highs and lows, opportunities, obstacles, time-outs. Today's conversation illustrates this perfectly and shows how these irregularities are part of what makes the journey interesting.
Jonathan Weitzman is a professor of genetics at the Université de Paris, founding director of the Centre for Epigenetics and Cell Fate, and director of the Magistère Masters in Genetics Porgram.
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What you’ll learn about in this episode:
Plans can and will change – be ready to adapt
The importance of taking...
2020-04-2337 min
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDPaulo Oliveira – Interfacing With the Public and With Industry as a ResearcherWhat does glitter have to do with mitochondria? This episode's guest, Paulo Oliveira, might just have the answer for you. And it probably has something to do with science communication and science outreach. In this episode of Papa PhD, I’m bringing you a great conversation where we covered Paulo’s journey into academia, as well as his take on what a 21st century researcher should be and on what skills should be part of their arsenal in the current job market.
Paulo J. Oliveira is currently Principal Investigator at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra and...
2020-02-061h 16
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDDrew Slack – Powering Through Change with Drive and PositivityWhat happens when you have all your ducks lined up and the universe throws you a curveball? That’s the moment when you have to regroup, reflect deeply on what you want the new path that is opening up to you to look like and trace a game plan that will allow you to come out winning. Drew Slack was well on his way towards a life in the professoriate when his curveball arrived. In today’s episode, we’ll learn about the principles, the resources and the values that were key in building the career he has carved out for hi...
2019-11-141h 00
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDSathy Rajasekharan – Landing Your Dream Job Through Exploration and NetworkingYour dream job is out there somewhere. The one you were made for, the one you deserve. It may be one handshake away, one conversation away, one introduction away. So, make sure you give yourself the chance to attend events, to go to seminars in domains that interest you but are outside of your area of research. This will give you the opportunity to learn about career spaces adjacent to yours and to incrementally move towards that conversation and that position that will bring you meaning and fulfilment. In this episode, we’ll be hearing from Sathy Rajasekharan about the di...
2019-10-1755 min