Innovative capacity building for frontline healthcare workers

The project led with The Addis Clinic aimed to use telemedicine in rural Kenya in order to offer a practical solution to the critical shortage of skilled health workers and bring quality medical care to those with little or no healthcare access. Over the course of the project, 811 Frontline Health Workers (FHW) were trained in the use of the Addis Clinic Telemedicine app (designed for remote areas where there is little or no internet connectivity) through a customized, in-person quarterly training program. This exceeds the original goal of 360 health workers. Trainings featured how to use telemedicine and select clinical topics intended for lower- and middle-skilled health workers. This ultimately increased the professional skills and knowledge of the workers by providing them with access to more than 200 volunteer physicians around the world. As a result of this project, patients living in extreme poverty in the four counties surrounding Lake Victoria, home to 25,000 people, are accessing better care at a reduced cost in the form of an improved diagnosis and treatment plan. In view of creating a sustainable business model, The Addis Clinic formed a local NGO in Kenya allowing for the expansion of its operations.

Founded in 2009, The Addis Clinic is a registered not-for-profit in the USA. It aims to utilize telemedicine to care for people living in medically underserved areas, to connect volunteer physicians with global health challenges and to provide support to local partner organizations and frontline health workers.

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