Maternal Newborn mHealth

Maternal Newborn mHealth

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  • Although there are proven, cost-effective interventions that can prevent maternal and newborn mortalities, mothers and newborns are still dying at alarming rates worldwide. According to the WHO,...
    June 5, 2011 | jennifer.potts
  • Text4baby is a free program that aims to promote maternal and child health by making prenatal and postnatal health information available to mothers across the U.S. via their mobile phones.(1) Anyone...
    June 6, 2011 | Dr. Robyn Whittaker
  • One of the considerable advantages of mHealth as a tool for community health outreach is that information available via mobile phone can reach many more people than other methods of communication,...
    August 18, 2011 | Hesperian
Wired Mothers
Use of mobile phones to provide access to skilled birth attendants at delivery to address maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Wired mothers are pregnant women linked to a primary health care unit through use of mobile phones and who are receiving standard SMS reminders for care...
Using Cell Phones for Obstetric Emergencies
Use of free mobile phones by mid-level health care providers to improve emergency care for pregnant women and newborns in order to enable better communication with senior medical staff at district headquarters. The pilot is evaluating the cost, feasibility and implementation issues that arise if...

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