Access to information via mobile phone can mean access to information about pregnancy, childbirth and the first year of life and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.Using technology to reach mothers directly with health information customized to their stage of pregnancy or the age of their baby is not theoretical; nearly 25 million mothers around the world receive these types of messages through the internet; hundreds of thousands of mothers receive them on their phone
Author(s):
The United Nations Foundation, mHealth Alliance, Johnson & Johnson family. Baby Center Originator(s):
Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action
Resource added in:
21/06/2011
Objective:
Over the next three years, MAMA, which is expected to mobilize $10 million, will work across an initial set of three countries, Bangladesh, India and South Africa, to help coordinate and increase the impact of existing mobile health programs, provide resources and technical assistance to promising new business models, and build the evidence base on the effective application of mobile technology to improve maternal health. Lessons learned from these and other initiatives will be shared globally in a coordinated exchange of expertise and information.The partnership will foster collaboration among similar initiatives in other countries to accelerate efforts to reach millions of women with mobile phone access around the world with critical health information
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Information Services, Access to Information, Child, Women's Health, Maternal and Child Health
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