Project spotlight / Global health systems design

Kushalam.
Making the pathway to care visible.

An interactive case study of a proposed HPV self-collection and follow-up programme for tea estate-sector women in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

Health equityInteractive modellingBilingual communicationFunding strategy

University group project · Concept and simulated funding proposal · Not an operating programme

Visit the live website ↗ Explore the model
01 / The challenge

Screening is only one part of the pathway.

Geographic, financial, language and employment-related barriers can affect access to cervical screening and follow-up. Kushalam explores a health-system-integrated model combining self-collection, confidential results, navigation and treatment linkage.

20
Proposed tea estates
6,800
Estimated eligible women
24
Planned project months
AUD 407,525
Indicative proposal budget

Barrier → design response

Select a barrier to see how the proposal responds.

02 / The pathway

Follow the pathway, step by step.

Each step shows the modelled number of women reaching it, using the assumptions set in the scenario model below.

03 / Explore the proposal

What could different uptake scenarios mean?

Adjust assumptions to explore the source project's illustrative planning model. All figures are projections, not measured outcomes. The model simplifies clinical pathways and should not be used for clinical forecasting.

Care cascade

Changes are shown against the proposal baseline (70% uptake, 7% positivity, 90% linkage, 90% completion). CIN2+ is modelled at 10 per 1,000 screened, as in the source model.

04 / Resource allocation

Where the indicative budget goes

Select a category in the bar or the list.

05 / Programme design

Design principles

Care within existing systems

Government health teams deliver clinical care; the proposed partnership coordinates access and logistics.

Privacy by design

Screening results are kept separate from plantation employers and employment records.

Language access

The original website contains English and Tamil content for different audiences.

Stage-gated delivery

Expansion depends on consent, sample validity, turnaround, confidentiality and referral capacity.
06 / Proposed rollout

Four waves, with safeguards before scale

07 / Digital experience

One proposal, four audiences.

The website offers separate routes for different readers. Choose an audience to see what the proposal puts in front of them.

08 / People behind the project

Developed collaboratively by Sally, TJ and Christine

A university group assignment, with complementary contributions documented on the original website.

Sally

Evidence review

Reviewed HPV screening evidence, supplied supplementary evidence and contributed to project planning.

Thanuja (TJ)

Local context and feasibility

Contributed Sri Lankan context and local insight, and collaborated on planning and the budget.

Christine Yen

Lead writer and integration

Contributed to group planning and led drafting, synthesis, substantive editing, visualisation and final integration.

See the full Kushalam website

Audience pathways, English and Tamil content, the interactive impact model, budget and references.

kushalam-by-mhep.vercel.app ↗

What this project demonstrates

Interdisciplinary project design, translating public-health evidence into an audience-specific digital experience, modelling assumptions transparently, visualising funding requirements and embedding governance considerations into a programme proposal.

Important status clarification. Kushalam and the named MHEP organisation are fictional constructs developed for a university assignment. No DFAT funding application was submitted. Targets, staffing, partnerships, and implementation dates are proposed, not verified commitments or achievements. The interactive numbers are illustrative.

Based on the uploaded Next.js source code. This is a standalone portfolio demonstration, not the original application.