ARMMAN is increasing the scope of its COVID-19 interventions by upskilling frontline health workers with the support of Google.org. 180,000 ASHAs and 40,000 ANMs will be trained in COVID-19 management skills including recognition, treatment and prevention of the disease in 15 states of India. These frontline health workers will be supported via a call centre
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ARMMAN is happy to share that we have partnered with The David Weekley Family Foundation, a US based organisation that practices a venture philanthropy model of giving. The foundation supports projects that work on supports health, livelihoods, and justice in Africa, Asia and in USA. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with
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Dr. Aparna Hegde has been featured on Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list. She is #15 and one of only two Indians on the list which features extraordinary achievers who stepped up during the pandemic to respond to the unexpected crisis. Fortune has specifically highlighted ARMMAN’s quick response to COVID-19, along with our model that
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Google.org is supporting ARMMAN to scale our efforts in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve maternal and child health in India. Our project with Google Research India and IIT Madras uses AI to predict the risk of women dropping out of healthcare programs such as mMitra and helps us to personalise interventions for an improved engagement.
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ARMMAN is thrilled to share that we have partnered with Netri Foundation, a Spanish organisation that provides investments to projects with a social impact in developing countries. The Netri Foundation will support our mMitra project that sends free critical preventive care information as voice calls to mobile phones of women during pregnancy and infancy.
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ARMMAN has entered into a partnership with Rippleworks, a California-based foundation which provides flexible capital to high-impact ventures to help power their scale. Their support will enable us to strengthen and scale existing interventions, and pilot innovations in the maternal and child health space. We are delighted to welcome Rippleworks as a partner as we
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On 15th September 2020, ARMMAN completed 12 years of striving towards the vision of empowering mothers and enabling healthy children. Team members from different cities got together on a video call to celebrate this milestone and share their experiences. Older members of the ARMMAN family recounted anecdotes about flooded offices and misadventures on field visits
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ARMMAN has entered into a partnership with LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation (LGT VP), Liechtenstein. Their support will enable us to strengthen existing programs and pilot interventions, ultimately improving maternal and child health outcomes in India. LGT VP is a charitable foundation that implements the venture philanthropy engagements of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and LGT
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ARMMAN has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India. The Skoll Awards are presented annually to select organizations with the ability to drive sustained change on the world’s most pressing problems and carries a monetary investment of USD 1.5 million,
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Dr. Aparna Hegde spoke about ARMMAN’s journey to scale at Devex’s Prescription for Progress event in San Francisco on 20th February, 2020. She stressed on the importance of using a touch model along with technology when scaling up projects and organisations. Dr. Hegde was on a panel with other health entrepreneurs such as Dr. Barry
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