Background: Family Planning Association (FPA) India is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) that runs 40 clinics across India providing reproductive services including pre and post-natal care. With the onset of the pandemic, most of these clinics are now at the frontlines providing essential care along with reproductive health services.
Idea: Create an app that will allow service providers in these clinics to conduct screening and counseling of walk-in clients as well as offer these services remotely to the high-risk population such as pregnant women registered with FPA India and their families, including elderly population above the age of 60, those with pre-existing conditions and those with symptoms or a history of exposure to an infected individual.
The app could be implemented by partners in India and they will have access to the (Subject Matter Expert) SME from FPA India.
Impact: These 40 clinics along with more than 100 outreach units will reach out to a population of 400,000 from the poor and vulnerable communities in as many urban, peri-urban and rural locations across 18 states in India. They are supported by a team of 800 trained medical and paramedical personnel and community-based volunteers. (Even with the reduced staff due to the countrywide lockdown, these clinics served nearly 29000 patients in the last two weeks.)