Medic Mobile

Building tools for people who care. Medic builds world-class, open-source software that supports health workers delivering equitable care that reaches everyone.

Medic serves as the technical steward and a core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit (CHT), an open-source platform that supports health workers as they provide essential care in their own communities. We are part of a movement for global health equity aimed at changing how health systems work and how technology powers those systems. Medic's global team of innovators is 90+ strong, dispersed across more than 14 countries, 32 cities, and all time zones. We create resources, build documentation, and offer support to a growing community of partners and builders working to improve health in the hardest-to-reach communities. Medic is a US 501(c)(3) public charity with tax-exempt status.

12/02/2025

Did you know your 'doom drawer' can actually do good?

This Giving Tuesday, you can give the gift of better health. When you donate an old or unused phone or tablet with us, it’s gone…✨for good.✨

It will be refurbished or responsibly recycled, helping Medic to equip health workers with technology to provide families like Tony's with timely, quality care – even in the most remote communities.

Even if the battery’s dead, your device can still power good health, globally.

So clear that drawer, support the planet, and strengthen healthcare where it’s needed most! 👏

11/28/2025

Do you know the numbers that keep us up at night?

4.5 billion people can’t access basic healthcare. Meanwhile, 44 million tonnes of electronics have been thrown away, just this year.

Now the good news: we can address both these problems at once, and make Black Friday a little brighter.

📲 When you donate an old or unwanted phone or tablet with us, two things happen:

🌍 You protect the planet: Your device is responsibly reused or recycled.
💟 You support good health, globally: You enable us to put life-changing technology in the hands of health workers.

Healthy people. Healthy planet. And your old tech, gone for ✨ good. ✨

Get started today at the link in the comments 🔗

10/16/2025

In Turkana County, Kenya, the terrain, isolation, and climate make access to food and health extremely fragile. With a Global Acute Malnutrition rate of nearly 22%, every action counts.

R-SWITCH is a partnership between Medic, the County Government of Turkana, UNICEF Kenya, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Rescue Committee, Jomo Kenyatta University - JKUAT and more. Together we’re piloting a digital, community-based approach to help identify, refer, and treat malnourished children earlier.

This we're celebrating the transformative impact that digital health technology can make on child malnutrition

📖 Read insights from the field 👉 https://bit.ly/4n7JhZE

10/07/2025

✨ 'Now they see us as professionals.'

For years, community health workers in Côte d’Ivoire have cared for families door to door.

Then came a digital transformation.

With a new application on their phone, they’re not only reaching and referring more patients, they’re being seen, respected, and celebrated as the health professionals they’ve always been.

💙 Read their inspiring story and hear from Muso Health and Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique to find out how digital health is changing lives → https://bit.ly/42uHCWh

09/25/2025

Today, global health and equity are at stake.

Heads of State are meeting at for the 4th High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health. According to World Health Organization (WHO), someone under the age of 70 dies from an NCD every two seconds.

What do we need to change this troubling statistic?
✅ Strong and scalable primary health care
✅ Equal access to essential medicines and health technology
✅ Sustainable financing
✅ Trusted, community-based interventions

Imagine: a frontline worker in a rural village, offline yet still delivering continuity of care through an app on their phone. An integrated system where hypertension, diabetes, and mental health are managed side by side.

That’s the vision Medic stands ready to partner, co-create, and scale, together.

09/18/2025

On International Equal Pay Day, we’re proud to share progress toward fair pay for community health workers.

With our partners, we’re advancing digital payments through the Community Health Toolkit, streamlining payrolls, reducing errors, and creating accountability for over 107,000 health workers in Kenya.

Because fair pay matters: it sustains health workers, supports families, and strengthens health systems.

Scroll to discover the progress made so far 👉

The Ministry of Health Lwala Community Alliance Clinton Health Access Initiative Amref Health Africa

09/04/2025

📍 Turkana, northern Kenya: vast, open landscapes stretch as far as the eye can see. Malnutrition rates are high—but so is the resilience of communities and health workers.

Our Senior Project Officer Mercy Amulele reflects on her first visit to Turkana and the lessons learned about how two-way messaging technology could help communities identify child malnutrition, and ultimately save lives.

Read her story from the field 🔗 https://bit.ly/4n7JhZE

International Rescue Committee | UNICEF Kenya | County Government of Turkana | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

08/21/2025

What do community health workers in Uganda, volunteers in Nepal, and developers in South Africa have in common?

They’re all part of a global network co-creating open-source tools to strengthen health systems for everyone, everywhere.

In this new article, Medic’s Director of Open Technology Andra Blaj explains how the Community Health Toolkit is putting the United Nations Open Source Principles into action — and why community must always be at the center of innovation.

Read the full story here 👉 https://bit.ly/medic-and-un-open-source-principles

08/12/2025

In Mali, Muso Health is migrating their community health data to local ownership and advancing digital sovereignty.

Discover how Muso and Medic are working together to empower communities and resolve issues quicker.

Read a Q&A with Muso's technical expert Ulrich Anani: https://bit.ly/4fDQG0m

💬 What do you think local data ownership means for health? Share in the comments below!

08/04/2025

What unites developers, designers, and implementers across organizations and time zones?

A shared challenge: interoperability between the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) and DHIS2.

Instead of working in silos, International Committee of the Red Cross, Open Function, Living Goods, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), and Medic came together to form the first-ever CHT Squad—combining technical and field expertise to solve this challenge together.

Find out from squad members Emmanuel Evans and Raphael Kenyuri what they learned about speed, trust, flexibility, and building for impact.

🔗 Click the link in the comments for more.

06/20/2025

This , we’re celebrating the power of community as a superpower.

In Uganda’s refugee settlements, over 2,000 refugee health workers are proving just how powerful community-led care can be.

Open-source technology developed by is helping them harness their skills, languages, and cultural understanding to improve health outcomes for over 800,000 people.

These are not stories of charity, but of leadership, resilience, and innovation.

Check out the comments for the latest blog from Guild's Brian Ssennoga on how refugee communities are transforming healthcare from the inside out 🔗

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