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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
Changelog Master FeedNLP to help pregnant mothers in Kenya (Practical AI #145)In 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.2021-08-1744 min