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Here we share blogs about our work, collaboration and impact. Read updates from country teams, stories from projects and what’s been on our minds lately.
Highlight of the Month
D-tree
Is community health still the best investment to improve health for all?
As international aid – and in particular health funding – contracts at an alarming pace, the demand for affordable integrated interventions that are laser-focused...
Riccardo Lampariello | Mar 26, 2025 | 10 min
Our Blogs
D-Tree
Introducing: The Digital Spark Series
One year ago today, I woke up to the news that Marc Mitchell, D-tree’s founder and digital health pioneer, had died suddenly and unexpectedly...
Erica Layer | Jun 25, 2020 | 4 min
Jamii ni Afya
Errors in estimated delivery dates: explanation, impact, and a path forward
magine you were told you would deliver your baby on November 19, but you go into labor on October 19 – a full month before you anticipated. Do...
Isabel Fulcher | Feb 26, 2020 | 3 min
Jamii ni Afya
Introducing Jamii ni Afya: Zanzibar’s national digital health program for Universal Health Coverage
This month, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health (MOH), together with the local government authority, launched
Taylor Craig | Feb 19, 2020 | 8 min
Afya-Tek
Afya-Tek: a people-centered digitized healthcare system to strengthen the continuum of care
In a sparsely furnished room on a side street in the Kibaha district outside of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Ally Maandiko shuffles through loose...
Taylor Craig | Dec 10, 2019 | 6 min
D-Tree
Tuberculosis management among migrants using Near Field Communication
A year ago, I visited western Thailand with American Refugee Committee at Alight , a nonprofit organization working to improve lives of refugees...
Rebecca Litner | Dec 02, 2019 | 7 min
Jamii ni Afya
Support, counselling, and follow-up: Leveraging digital tools to encourage new health behaviors
I was born and raised in Pemba, the second largest island in the Zanzibar archipelago off the coast of Tanzania. Growing up in Pemba, I witnessed...
Salum Mbaruok | Feb 20, 2019 | 5 min
