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Project Components Zero Mothers Die will comprise six components, employing a systematic use of ICTs to accelerate the achievement of MDG 5 to improve maternal health:
1 MumHealth, a mobile messaging service delivering health information to pregnant women and new mothers in local languages and dialects.
2 Systematic distribution of 100,000 mobile phones per year to pregnant women.
3 Allocation of 36,000,000 minutes of free airtime per year to pregnant women to enable their communication with local health workers and facilities.
4 Capacity-building of local health workers in rural communities using ICTs and localized content.
5 Mobile money savings scheme to help finance and increase access to skilled care during childbirth.
6 Solar power business generation scheme to bring financial empowerment to pregnant women and provide sustainable energy to support the charging of their mobile phones.
Zero Mothers Die Public-Private Partnership
About Us
Zero Mothers Die is led Advanced Development for Africa and the Millennia2025 Women and Innovation Foundation, in partnership with UNAIDS, and supported by three technical partners: UniversalDoctor Project, The People’s Vision, and Airtel, which joins the partnership for the first implementation phase of Zero Mothers Die in Ghana.
Contact Us – Join Zero Mothers Die
Point person for Zero Mothers Die:
Jeannine Lemaire Email: [email protected]
www.millennia2015.org/zero_mothers_die
www.adaorganization.org/index.php/projects/zero-mothers-die
Mobile Health For Pregnant Women To Improve
Maternal Health
Problem: Unacceptably High Maternal Mortality In 2010, an estimated 287,000 women died during and following
pregnancy and childbirth. Each day,
800 women die from preventable
causes related to pregnancy or childbirth complications. 99 percent
of these maternal deaths occurred in
developing countries with more than
half taking place in sub-Saharan Africa.
Solution:
100,000 Mobile Phones for Maternal Health Mobile phone networks cover 96
percent of the world's population,
with 77 percent of all mobile subscriptions held by nearly 90
percent of the population in low- and
middle-income countries. The impact
of mobile phone technology on health, including maternal health, can be far-reaching, cost-effective and replicable.
Zero Mothers Die: A commitment towards saving the lives of
pregnant women with ICTs & mobile health
Zero Mothers Die is a global project
envisioned by an innovative public-
private partnership to support and
empower all pregnant women and new mothers by employing a
comprehensive approach to improve
maternal, newborn and child health through the systematic use of
information and communication
technologies (ICTs) and mobile
health.
Global Project Objectives a Reducing maternal mortality and
maternal health complications through
increased access to appropriate
healthcare information, via mobile voice and text messages in local
languages and dialects, by at-risk
pregnant women in rural and isolated communities.
b Accelerating mobile phone
ownership and use by pregnant women in rural communities to
increase access to healthcare,
empower women with information, and reduce the mobile phone gender
gap. This includes education of
women on the benefits of mobile
phone ownership and use, as well as facilitating connections with
healthcare workers through allocations
of free airtime restricted to calling assigned local health care facilities
and workers.
c Education and capacity-building
of local health workers using tablets
preloaded with up-to-date and tailored
training materials and content in local dialects and languages to improve
maternal and child health in their
communities.