As any parent knows, children often get sick at night. But if these routine illnesses are left untreated, they can often turn to acute conditions by morning. So what are parents supposed to do when all the pediatric clinics close at 5pm? In Haiti, the MotoMeds Pediatric Health Hotline is transforming how parents can get treatment for sick children in the middle of the night.

In this episode, Molly Klarman, the Project Director of MotoMeds Healthline in Haiti shares about what MotoMeds does, who they serve, how they recruit their drivers and nurses, dealing with risk, building community awareness and government buy-in, and much more!

To learn more about MotoMeds, visit their website here. 

To get in touch with Molly directly, email [email protected] 

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Show Topics

• What is MotoMeds (01:05)
• Haiti and the communities MotoMeds is serving (04:30)
• Recruiting the drivers (06:20)
• Driver compensation (08:00)
• Recruiting the nurses (09:55)
• Dealing with risk concerns from the drivers and nurses (11:40)
• Promotion and building community awareness (13:25)
• Operating during political upheaval and natural disasters (18:20)
• Launching a second location and the new challenges it presented (22:50)
• Working with the Haitian government (27:40)
• Future aspirations for MotoMeds (29:25)

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HOST

Jason Friesen is the Founder and Executive Director of Trek Medics International, a 501c3-registered nongovernmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving access to emergency response networks in communities across the globe through innovative mobile phone technologies.

Learn more about Trek Medics International by visiting their website, and for more info on the Beacon Crisis Response Platform visit here.

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Theme song: "Happy Feliz" by ¡Big Grande! (used with permission).