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Strengthening Primary Eye Care in Rwanda with AI-Powered Clinical Support
Rwanda

Strengthening Primary Eye Care in Rwanda with AI-Powered Clinical Support

The study confirmed strong potential for Dem Dx to enhance training, adherence to clinical guidelines, and service quality. Key design recommendations included offline access, multi-language support, improved usability, and continuous learning features.

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HCD Approach with government bodies to design digital platform for Pest Control Management.
Ghana

HCD Approach with government bodies to design digital platform for Pest Control Management.

1) A prototype Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was developed, outlining shared objectives, roles, and responsibilities among partners. 2) A prototype of an online platform was designed to address the practical aspects of working together. Credentials: HCD consultant on this project were Ahmed Saalim Iddrisu and Thomas Schuurmans

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India

TeekaTalk: Designing Behaviour Change Through Conversational Health Systems

TeekaTalk created a measurable SBCC infrastructure capable of tracking engagement, intent-to-vaccinate signals, reminder opt-ins, and vaccination centre searches. The architecture demonstrates how conversational systems can bridge public health policy, community trust, and scalable behaviour change—offering a model adaptable to immunisation, maternal health, and adolescent wellbeing programmes across the Global South.

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HCD to capture youths’ POV on agripreneurship to make the EKYAN program more youth centered.

Three prioritised youth-led solutions: 1) Agro-Fusion reimagines access to finance through storytelling-driven investor matching. 2) Soko Link strengthens market access via mentorship, business readiness, and buyer matchmaking. 3) Training, Mentorship and Coaching by Local Experts embeds hands-on, value chain specific guidance through local practitioners. Each prototype was tested with users and iterated based on real-time feedback, and designed to be adopted and scaled by ecosystem actors.

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Ghana | Kenya | Ethiopia | Uganda | Indonesia

Power to Youth: Strengthening Innovation from the Ground Up

Teams developed contextually grounded solution concepts, grew their creative confidence and became capable of designing and delivering innovations through a full HCD cycle, supported by Proportion Global’s local expertise.

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Mozambique

Redesigning a Global Nutrition Game Through Local Voices.

The redesign delivered a scalable global game and a deeply local Mozambique version, each with clearer learning pathways, stronger family engagement, simplified facilitation, and improved impact potential. Both versions now offer a more accessible and motivating journey for adolescents to build healthier eating habits.

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