To enable mHealth initiatives for maternal, newborn, and child health to achieve national scale in Kenya.
Jamii smart uses a combination of web portals and SMS to deliver clinical components for mothers and children under 5 case management and link it to a community health M&E system. The system works in real time in connected areas and works offline in areas with no connectivity, synchronizing when a connection is made to a mobile network. Mobile wallet facilities allow for mSavings and eVouchers for mothers to manage their delivery and healthcare costs.
Jamii Smart is being implemented in two phases:
1. A clinical phase that seeks to enable use of information technology at health facility level. The mother/ child booklet formerly called MCH clinic card has been automated to ensure real time data is relayed into the system and also provides a logarithm of expected services for various categories of MCH clients
2. A phase based at the community level that have community health workers relay data from the household/ community level and provide messaging for mothers.
Jamii smart uses a combination of web portals and SMS to deliver clinical components for mothers and children under 5 case management and link it to a community health M&E system. The system works in real time in connected areas and works offline in areas with no connectivity, synchronizing when a connection is made to a mobile network. Mobile wallet facilities allow for mSavings and eVouchers for mothers to manage their delivery and healthcare costs.
The second phase includes mFinancial Services including “Linda Jamii” a medical micro-insurance product by Safaricom and partners, and mVouchers to facilitate transportation to health facilities. Jamii Smart is currently running in three counties and a nationwide roll-out is anticipated with more support from the Kenyan government.
