Teeko announced winner at Innovating Care Asia Pacific Awards 2017
Pakistan · · 2 min
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Teeko
, an mHealth application and web portal, designed and developed by the Aga Khan Development Network Digital Health Resource Centre (AKDN dHRC) in collaboration with the Division of Women and Child Health and the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Sind was selected as the winner of the Innovation in Preventive Care category at the Innovating Care Asia Pacific (ICAP) Awards 2017. The Awards were held in Kuala Lumpur on 30 September 2017.
Teeko was competing against two other Finalists in the Innovation in Preventive Care category. There were a total of nine finalists among the four categories, including Most Innovative Ageing Programme; Excellence in Disruptive Innovation; Innovation in Preventive Care; Best Patient Experience.
During 2017, Teeko was nominated as a finalist for three different award competitions: the Second Commonwealth Digital Health Award under the Child Health category; mBillionth Awards Gala 2017 under the Health and Wellbeing category and the ICAP Awards 2017.
The ICAP Awards recognise best practices across the continuum of care in care monitoring and delivery in the Asia-Pacific region. Practices which significantly increase and improve the quality of care while addressing challenges of accessibility, cost and scarcity of resources are recognised. New approaches to care as well as innovations in existing ideas, systems or processes for improved patient experiences and outcomes are also highlighted.
Teeko , an innovative Android-based mobile application and web portal, was developed by AKDN dHRC to assist with vaccinator and immunisation tracking and monitoring. Teeko has helped monitor 26 vaccinators and 400 lady health workers in Tando Mohammad Khan district in the southern part of Sindh province in Pakistan, where the research project was being carried out. Through the app, 33,616 children were immunised while 147,627 vaccinations were administered.
Teeko was part of a research project titled, “Improving Routine Immunisation Coverage through Health Systems Strengthening” implemented by AKU in collaboration with the government’s EPI, Sindh. AKDN dHRC designed, developed and provided technical assistance for Teeko .
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