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CHT
The CHT is a license-free, open-source digital health platform that includes a collection of software frameworks and applications, open-access resources, and a dynamic community of practice to help partners design, own, and scale electronic community health information systems.
Owner
Medic Mobile, Inc.
Type
backend, mobile
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Last evaluated
04.11.2024
Origin country
Kenya
Release date
20.10.2024
DPG since
25.12.2022
The following repositories were submitted by the solution and included in our evaluation. Any repositories, add-ons, features not included in here were not reviewed by us.
N/A
Swahili, Hindi, French, Indonesian, Arabic, Spanish, Nepali, English
United Nations Capital Development Fund, Ampath Kenya AMREF BRAC Uganda Brink Innovation ComBaCal Cape Town Systematic Healthcare Action Research Project (C-SHARP) Datharm D-tree Guild Digital Foundat…
* This information is self-reported and updated annually
Medic’s work aligns with SDGs 3, 5, and 17. SDG 3: Our mission is rooted in achieving good health and well-being for all. We strive to advance universal health coverage through our digital solutions and our work actively supports the professionalization of CHWs to deliver these critical services. The CHT goes beyond simple communication; it allows CHWs to track patients and health data, ensuring proper care coordination and follow-up, for example, guiding CHWs to high-risk pregnancies or missed vaccinations. Disease surveillance functions allow CHWs to serve as an early warning system for epidemics. Evidence on the impact of CHT interventions is available here: https://communityhealthtoolkit.org/faqs#faq-09 and via our research archive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By87R494_wpBRlJGS052bUVLUzA?resourcekey=0-xEvAOQKY86-qWky9VTvUEg SDG 5: Medic and the CHT community’s advocacy for gender equality is most apparent in our advocacy for better compensation, protective equipment, and support for the mostly female CHWs who are the main users of CHT apps. Examples include a journal article in the BMJ calling for greater involvement of and protection of CHWs in COVID-19 response (https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/6/e002550), and participation in a report (lead author: Resolve to Save Lives) focused on protecting health workers (https://resolvetosavelives.org/about/press/protecting-hcws/). SDG 17: The CHT is recognized as a digital public good, and the public goods approach is all about partnering to achieve the SDGs rather than going alone with a private/proprietary solution. The CHT is included as a digital public good in Digital Square’s Global Goods Guidebook (https://digitalsquare.org/resourcesrepository/2023/5/25/global-goods-guidebook-version-40) and is featured as a global good in a USAID, WHO, and ITU supported course in Digital Health: Planning National Systems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxf0xNvZPG8).
Javascript, Node Js, TypeScript, CouchDB, Android
Yes
Principles for Digital Development, Progressive Web App (PWA), Responsive
PII data is collected and stored but NOT distributed.
It is important to note that the CHT does not itself directly collect PII. Rather, the CHT community builds a framework and other foundational technologies that make it easier for health systems to implement their own CHT apps. CHT apps are highly configurable and it is up to the relevant Data Controlling Entity for each CHT app to determine what PII will be collected. Common examples include name, age, phone number, geolocation, personal health information including care encounters and test results, highly sensitive health information including HIV status, and data relevant to the social determinants of health such as level of education and wealth quintile. Privacy policy differs per app and it is the responsibility of the Data Controlling Entity (such as a Ministries of Health) to establish such policies. The CHT community grants Data Controlling Entities the freedom to establish their policies, which is essential to the terms of our OSI-approved open-source license. The following are the steps taken to prevent adverse impact related to PII: Encryption, isolation, and restrictive permissions.
Content is NOT collected NOT stored and NOT distributed.
Yes
Most CHT apps are designed specifically for use by health workers and user accounts are provided by organizations such that access is not available to the general public. In CHT apps that support messaging with patients, the relevant patients are enrolled and consented by a trained health worker. To our knowledge, there have not been any deployments of CHT apps in which minors were enrolled to use the system. One of the four core principles of the CHT community is that we are committed to designing CHT systems in a human-centered manner. In our view, this is not merely a buzzword or a statement of ethical priorities. Rather, it is a set of rigorous methods that work within a flexible yet disciplined process to prioritize people’s needs and concrete experiences in the design of digital systems. An essential feature of human-centered design is that it prioritizes the dignity and agency of end users. It is also explicitly iterative and takes responsibility for making adaptations to address any potential unintended effects of a system – such as a situation in which health workers might experience grief or abuse from a peer or supervisor via their digital tool. We have conducted extensive research and members of our team are considered global authorities on the topic of human-centered design for global health, and we consider this approach to be a thorough and substantive means of addressing lived experiences of harassment and abuse in health systems. More about CHT principles and our human-centered design approach in the following links: https://communityhealthtoolkit.org/principles https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02681102.2019.1667289
2025-09-24 09:19:56
Jeff Jacobs (Applicant) submitted application for Community Health Toolkit (13104)
2025-09-05 01:30:02
System created an autofill refresher application for Community Health Toolkit (13104)
2025-09-05 01:30:02
System created a refresher application for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:40
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Community Health Toolkit (152) and found it to be a DPG
2024-11-04 01:31:38
System unmarked Community Health Toolkit (11742) as a nominee
2024-11-04 01:31:35
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:32
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:29
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:27
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:25
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:22
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:19
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:16
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:13
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:10
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:31:01
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:30:59
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:30:41
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-11-04 01:30:38
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled Community Health Toolkit (11742) under review
2024-10-24 19:42:00
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:41:56
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:41:54
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:37:15
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:37:12
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:36:31
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:36:30
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:36:22
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:35:49
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:35:37
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:35:25
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:59
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:45
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:43
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 4. Platform Independence for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:35
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:15
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:34:14
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 2. Open Licensing for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:32:19
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:29:48
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-10-24 19:29:09
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled Community Health Toolkit (11742) under review
2024-10-10 18:50:35
() submitted application for Community Health Toolkit (11742)
2024-07-15 11:00:37
Jeff Jacobs (Applicant) created a refresher application for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2024-07-01 22:36:48
Admin (Admin) modified owner from 47 (Isaac Holeman) to 4260 (Jeff Jacobs) for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2023-12-26 01:30:02
System moved Community Health Toolkit (10017) to expired.
2022-12-25 05:36:35
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Community Health Toolkit (153) and found it to be a DPG
2022-12-25 05:36:33
System remove tag Late from Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:36:33
System unmarked Community Health Toolkit (10017) as a nominee
2022-12-25 05:36:24
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:36:15
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:35:49
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:35:04
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:34:49
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:34:23
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:34:03
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:32:34
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:31:39
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:31:18
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:30:15
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:28:22
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:28:06
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:27:13
Nathan Baleeta (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 05:00:04
System add new tag Late to Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-25 04:43:02
Admin (Admin) over ride decision for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:53
System remove tag Late from Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:53
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:48
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:33
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:18
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:06:11
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:05:25
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:05:22
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:04:56
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:04:37
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:03:59
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 17:03:44
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 16:54:46
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 16:54:21
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 16:54:01
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-22 16:51:07
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-21 21:00:03
System add new tag Late to Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-21 12:58:44
Admin (Admin) over ride decision for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-21 12:26:55
Admin (Admin) update L1 Reviewer for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-15 15:29:33
Admin (Admin) update Tags for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-15 15:29:24
Admin (Admin) update L2 Reviewer for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-15 15:29:18
Admin (Admin) update L1 Reviewer for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-12-15 15:29:12
Admin (Admin) over ride decision for Community Health Toolkit (10017)
2022-11-01 07:30:28
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