Over the years, TulaHealth has worked with various Canadian and global partners to implement innovative solutions that contribute to improved health and reduced poverty in communities around the world.
Empowering Indigenous Adolescents &
Women for Equitable Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) in
Guatemala 2024 – 2029
TulaHealth's Empowering Indigenous Adolescents & Women for Equitable SRHR project contributes to the reduction of adolescent pregnancies and maternal mortality amongst vulnerable Indigenous women and girls in Guatemala by improving their equitable access to essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. The project leverages TulaHealth's existing digital health ecosystem in Guatemala to enhance the delivery of gender- and culturally-responsive SRH services in rural communities, such as adolescent 'friendly spaces' and SRH counselling, as well as improving evidence-based decision-making by the Ministry of Health and local stakeholders. The Empowering Indigenous Adolescents & Women for Equitable SRHR project is co-financed by Global Affairs Canada and implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Health in Guatemala. The project is currently implemented in the regions of Alta Verapaz, El Quiché, Huehuetenango, and Sololá, and benefits the health of approximately 3.7 million people.
Auxiliary Nurse Training Program - Crecer Sano 2023
TulaHealth's Auxiliary Nurse Training Program was launched with the Ministry of Health in Guatemala in 2023. With funding from the World Bank’s USD$100 million Crecer Sano: Guatemala Nutrition and Health loan in Guatemala, the project used TulaHealth's digital health ecosystem to support the education of predominantly Indigenous youth wanting to become frontline auxiliary nurses in their communities. Auxiliary nurses are an integral part of the primary health team in Guatemala. The Axillary Nurse Training Program returns to the roots of TulaHealth's engagement with Guatemala when we first partnered with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Centre for Nursing Studies in Newfoundland who were launching a similar program.
Responding to COVID-19 Using Digital Health in Guatemala 2022
The Responding to COVID-19 Using Digital Health in Guatemala project aimed to reduce COVID-19 related mortality and morbidity in Guatemala by improving community response to and recovery from COVID-19 and strengthening COVID-19 preparedness by the Ministry of Health. TulaHealth used its digital health ecosystem to increase information sharing and access to essential health services in rural and Indigenous communities. Project activities focused specifically on the health of women and girls in rural communities, and the unique gender-based impacts of COVID-19.
Scaling-Up Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Guatemala 2016 - 2020 (extended: 2021)
The Scaling-Up Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Guatemala project focuses on reinforcing TulaHealth's community digital health ecosystem in Guatemala; a digital health ecosystem that utilizes mobile smartphone technology to support the delivery of primary health services. The Scaling-Up project is co-financed by Global Affairs Canada and implemented in coordination with a broad public-private partnership including the Ministry of Health in Guatemala, TulaSalud, Tigo Guatemala, Alliance for Nutrition, and McMaster University. The Scaling-Up project is implemented in the regions of Alta Verapaz, El Quiché, Huehuetenango, and Sololá, and benefits the health of approximately 3.4 million people.
TulaSalud - Telemedicina en Alta Verapaz 2008 - 2016
The TulaSalud project aimed to improve access to primary health services for rural Indigenous communities in the department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala by strengthening distance training programs for primarily health workers. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health in Guatemala, distance education training programs were successfully integrated within ministry training regimens and contributed to substantial human resource development. Project activities were designed to strengthen the capacity of local health workers in their own communities; a strategy to address linguistic and socio-cultural gaps, which prevent service delivery. In response to a request from the Ministry of Health in Guatemala, TulaHealth initiated a pilot to explore the potential for digital health strategies to support primary health workers in rural communities.
Auxiliary Nurses for Women and Children’s Health 2003 - 2007
The Auxiliary Nurses for Women and Children’s Health project contributed to improved quality and access to maternal, newborn, and child health services for women and children in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, by training a critical mass of auxiliary nurses living in remote communities; communities which frequently lack basic health services. Based upon a distance education model that combines internet-based communication and local clinical tutorials, rural youths were trained and hired as auxiliary nurses in their home communities. To ensure that nurses were not only educated, but also hired within the health system, we work very closely with the Ministry of Health at the national and regional levels. The project was implemented in partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Eastern Health Center for Nursing Studies of Newfoundland Labrador (EH-CNS).