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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.

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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.