mHealth has come a long way – made clear by the robust attendance and participation at this year’s Global Digital Health Forum. […]
Climbing the slope of enlightenment: Reflections from the Global Digital Health Forum
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Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) Lessons Learned Brief
This document highlights key operational lessons learned from four country programs—Bangladesh, South Africa, India and Nigeria—that implemented the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) approach. The MAMA approach uses age- and stage-based messaging directed toward pregnant women, new mothers, and families to foster behavior change and improve maternal and child health outcomes. […]
Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) Lessons Learned
This document highlights key operational lessons learned from four country programs—Bangladesh, South Africa, India and Nigeria—that implemented the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) approach. The MAMA approach uses age- and stage-based messaging directed toward pregnant women, new mothers and families to foster behavior change and improve maternal and child health outcomes. This report aims […]
Use of cellular phone contacts to increase return rates for immunization services in Kenya
In Kenya, failure to complete immunization schedules by children who previously accessed immunization services is an obstacle to ensuring that children are fully immunized. Home visit approaches used to track defaulting children have not been successful in reducing the drop-out rate. This study tested the use of phone contacts as an approach for tracking immunization defaulters in […]
August 16: Global Digital Health Network Monthly meeting
Join us for coffee, pastry and networking! This month’s theme is Adapting and Re-using Digital Content and Approaches. […]
HelloMama Project Brief
HelloMama is an initiative that aims to improve maternal, newborn, and child health behaviors and outcomes in Nigeria through a demand generation mobile health program that delivers age- and stage-based messages to pregnant women, mothers, and household decision-makers. This brief is an overview of the HelloMama project, as well as an overview of the level of […]
HelloMama Brief for Engagement with Mobile Network Operators in Nigeria
HelloMama is an initiative that aims to improve maternal, newborn, and child health behaviors and outcomes in Nigeria through a demand generation mobile health program that delivers age- and stage-based messages to pregnant women, mothers, and household decision-makers. This brief discusses challenges and recommendations of working with different technology platforms and mobile network operators in Nigeria. […]
MCSP’s Olivia Vélez Featured by Johns Hopkins in “Women of Digital Health” Series
Our Senior mHealth Advisor shares her thoughts on emerging technologies, the long-term impacts of mHealth in communities, and how MCSP is helping countries to integrate mHealth into health systems in an equitable manner. […]
mMentoring in Ghana: Innovative use of technology improves midwifery care
At USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), led by Jhpiego, we believe that mHealth is a key mechanism for transforming health outcomes throughout the developing world. […]
