March 19, 2025

AI platform aims to improve maternal climate health

March 18, 2025

A Kenyan Artificial Intelligence service for maternal healthcare, PROMPTS, is set to incorporate climate data to tackle heat and disaster-related risks. The service aims to provide tailored guidance for managing risks linked to rising temperatures and disasters to over 3 million women enrolled on the platform.

  • The platform will utilise AI and climate forecasting to deliver critical information to users on when to stay indoors, increase fluid intake, and avoid flood-affected areas.

  • PROMPTS is also being piloted in Eswatini, Ghana, and Nigeria, with plans to expand its reach across Africa.

  • Our Take: PROMPTS exemplifies the intersection of AI and climate-smart healthcare in Africa… Read more (2 min)

This week’s green healthcare job landscape highlights a rising demand for talent in the healthcare sustainability sectors across Africa. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) for example, has open positions in healthcare governance, healthcare finance and health sustainability systems, all in Malawi.

  • Malawi is emerging as a hub for sustainable health systems, with opportunities centred on health sector governance and solar electrification for resilient healthcare infrastructure.

  • Oxfam and local health centres are seeking public health officers to support underserved communities, while roles for Health Records Officers in Kenya reflect the increasing need for healthcare digitisation.

  • Job Board: Discover diverse healthcare opportunities across Africa. Click to explore the latest openings… Read more (2 min)

AMREF Health Africa, one of the largest climate-health-focused organisations in Africa, has grown in the last one year with 204 new hires. An analysis of its human resource data reveals an increased hiring of nurses and drivers by 16% each, highlighting its growing emphasis on community healthcare access.

  • Project management roles represent 20% of the organisation's total workforce, while healthcare roles are fewer in number. This means it is focused more on project execution than healthcare delivery.

  • Kenya remains AMREF’s largest operational hub, accounting for nearly 60% of total employees. However, recent expansions in Tanzania and Ethiopia have prompted the recruitment of new staff in healthcare delivery roles, with 12% expansion each.

  • Out take: AMREF needs to prioritise staff retention strategies as its project portfolio expands…Read more (2 min)

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Ebikes4Africa delivers electric bikes and trains healthcare workers from DAPP Namibia on how to use them to provide faster and sustainable healthcare delivery.

Events

🗓️  Attend the 10th East Africa Health Science Conference in South Sudan (March 26)

🗓️ Register for the World TB Day Commemoration in Namibia (March 24)

Jobs

🍜 Become a sustainable health associate at Clinton Health Access Initiative(Malawi)

🍜 Apply to be the nutrition lead at Action Against Hunger (Uganda)

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