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Peer-reviewed research
Transforming hypertension management with digital technology
BMJ Public Health — A retrospective cohort study in four sub-Saharan African countries. Among 63,003 patients across 246 facilities in Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Tanzania, blood pressure control rose from 35% to 53%.
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BMC Public Health — Outcomes of a digital, CHW-led hypertension surveillance program in rural Rwanda, delivered through the Turambe program.
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Indian Journal of Public Health — Treatment outcomes among people with noncommunicable diseases attending primary care clinics in two South Indian states.
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Closing the Care Cascade With Digital Technology
Learn how the SPICE platform is closing the care cascade in East Africa
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Read how we are integrating digital solutions into national health data systems through public–private collaboration in Kenya.
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Read about our results from real-world program implementation.
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Read about the impact of our Empower Health program in Ghana here.
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Transforming Pediatric Hearing Care in Bhutan
Since 2021, Hear, Listen & Speak has screened over 104,000 children across all 20 districts and introduced Bhutan’s first earmold lab and cochlear implant services.
Download PDFDecentralizing NCD Care Through Primary Health Systems
Hypertension and diabetes care moved into 164 primary health care sites in Kenya, where blood pressure control nearly doubled, from 32% to 63%, within 12 months.
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Decision-support nudges in SPICE prompted diabetes treatment changes in four African countries. Patients whose treatment was intensified were three times more likely to reach control.
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Across 21 faith-based facilities in Tanzania, hypertension control rose from 18% to 57% and diabetes control from 25% to 76% in one year.
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Bette Lyfe screened more than 25,000 people in Sierra Leone and enrolled 11,000, and control rates for hypertension and diabetes more than doubled within a year.
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A community-first, tech-enabled model screened about 143,500 people in five Upazilas of Bangladesh. Among patients who followed up, hypertension control rose from about 31% to 72%.
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In Camden, New Jersey, community health workers backed by digital tools enrolled over 250 patients, most of whom significantly improved their blood pressure and blood glucose control.
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From Detection to Control
From Detection to Control: Transforming Hypertension and Diabetes Care in Sierra Leone
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Learn How the SPICE Platform is Closing the Care Cascade in East Africa
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A seven-part series on unbundling and rebundling health systems around the patient journey — including our World Economic Forum article, Why healthcare needs to be unbundled and rebundled.
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