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Hayat
Empowering health workers to improve access to RMNCH services in remote, rural regions
Hayat
Pakistan
The Hayat mobile application was developed for the Hayat project, which initiated in 2018 through joint-funding received from the Government of Canada through Grand Challenges and the Aga Khan Foundation for its Transition-to-Scale (TTS2).
Hayat started out as a mobile application for health workers, supported by a web portal providing data from the field in real-time. Over the years, as the project was awarded further funding for additional phases (Phase III and IV), Hayat’s scope expanded.
As a result, the mobile application was enhanced and evolved into a mobile app with various interfaces for the different cadres of health workers, i.e., a separate interface for field supervisors, like District Supervisors of Vaccinators and Lady Health Supervisors, for remote auditing purposes in Pakistan and Power BI-supported web portal (to be implemented in 2022) to support administrators with comprehensive data, providing actionable insights. The application is available on the Google Play Store for use by designated health workers.
Till date, Hayat has benefitted 151,312 females of reproductive age and 69,012 children. Learn more about Hayat’s beneficiaries and impact here.
The current version of Hayat includes:
Health Worker App
- Vaccinators use the app to record information as they administer vaccines to children, track defaulters (children who have missed vaccination doses) and raise awareness.
- CHWs, LHWs, LHVs, Vaccinators and CMWs log data on RMNCH services, track patients and raise awareness.
- A geolocation feature helps map health worker activities.
Supervisory App
- Used by field supervisors (Lady Health Supervisors, District Supervisors for Vaccinators) to remotely superve staff, i.e., data validation and auditing.
- Helps 1) create and keep track of workplans; 2) monitor the quality of health care services provided by health workers or health facilities through checklists; 3) verify monthly reports for LHWs and vaccinators; and 4) conduct spot checks.
Web Portal
- Displays aggregated data and a GPS tracking system allows the government health officials and health care administrators to remotely monitor frontline health workers’ activities and movements visually.
- Provides comprehensive performance reports for maternal health service stats (antenatal care, deliveries, and postnatal care), vaccination stats and provides routine immunization and RMNCH service coverage reports.
The Hayat Mobile App
The app helps digitize the paper-based forms for vaccination and maternal care services. Through the app, frontline health workers can register families in the database. Each family receives a separate QR code, which acts as the source identification of the respective family and their data. The data is uploaded on a central server while the movements of the health workers are tracked through GPS as they conduct activities in the field and record information.
The mobile application also stores awareness videos that health workers can show to educate parents, family members and mothers during health awareness sessions.
An SMS panel helps health care administrators/supervisors send text messages to members of registered families about maternal and child health care services to influence behaviour and raise awareness regarding the accessibility and availability of services.
The Hayat Web Portal
For child services, supervisors can analyze and monitor data for i) monthly immunization; ii) vaccinator tracking; iii) vaccinator performance; iv) defaulter children; v) child illness and outbreaks; vi) child growth monitoring and vii) dropout rates.
In terms of maternal services, administrators and managers can monitor the information on i) deliveries, ii) mother illnesses and outbreaks, iii) ANC and PNC visits and iv) health records of pregnant women.