Living Goods Interview
If you live in rural Uganda and are about to give birth, you can’t just call an ambulance to drive you to the clinic. The infrastructure we take for granted is not established in much of the world.
Living Goods increases access to medicine in developing countries with a network of digitally-trained community healthcare workers.
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April 2, 2021
How Trained Healthcare Workers Relieve the Pressure on Ugandan Doctors
#170 Great.com Talks With… Living Goods
In Uganda, those who need medical help often struggle to find it. The Pearl of Africa has just one doctor per 25 thousands patients. In this episode we talked with Jennifer Hyman from Living Goods about increasing access to healthcare in the developing world. By harnessing technology and people power, we can help dramatically improve the healthcare system in countries like Uganda.
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Living Goods supplements the work of local governments by supporting community health workers. These aren’t fully-fledged doctors, but they are trained to offer a range of vital frontline medical assistance. This spans family planning, malaria prevention and diarrhoea treatment. Jennifer explains that Living Goods focuses on digital empowerment. This means equipping health workers with smartphones and apps like Smart Health so that they can deliver high quality, data-driven and consistent care under supervision. The organization also makes sure that health workers are paid a fair wage for strengthening their national health sector.
Listen to the whole interview to find out what measures are needed to foster a sustainable government healthcare system. You can also read more about Living Goods’ health issue areas and donate.
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