Title: Assessing the scope for use of mobile based solution to improve maternal and child health in Bangladesh : a case study on efficiency of community health workers, automated risk assessment of patients and web based data collection

Authors: Alam, Mafruha

Place: [Boston, MA

Publisher: Click diagnostics

Year: 2010]

Journal: Working paper for ICTD2010 London conference

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Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned , mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, maternal and child health, maternal health services, health personnel, data collection, evaluation, slums, bangladesh

Abstract: The paper presents methodology, results and limitations of a project using mobile phones to improve data collection on maternal, newborn and child health in urban slums. CHWs were enabled to better assess the level of risk of pregnant women and prioritize resources for targeted intervention.

URL: http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/ictd2010/posters/ICTD2010%20Alam%20et%20al.pdf

Document type: E-article