A member of the Health Development Army demonstrates how the calendars work. They are given to pregnant women to keep track of their antenatal and postnatal care appointments, as well as the dates of their baby’s vaccinations

More Women Attending Antenatal Care; Personalised Calendar Results, Ethiopia

June 20, 2022

Women and Children First has successfully completed the first test of its personalised health appointment calendar system in Goro Woreda, Ethiopia. 839 pregnant women benefitted from the innovative scheme, resulting in an increase in women attending antenatal care appointments and being supported through childbirth by a skilled birth attendant.

Rahmat, with the calendar of the wall on her home. There are stickers on the calendar informing her of the dates of her baby’s vaccinations.

How Personalised Calendars Help Women Attend Crucial Health Appointments

February 04, 2022

In rural Ethiopia only 17% of women can attend antenatal care in the first trimester, a crucial stage in the baby’s development and to identify risks for the mother.

Many women in rural or poor communities have no access to mobile technology and struggle to access vital information around maternity and newborn healthcare.

New mothers struggle to keep track of all the recommended perinatal appointments they should attend.

Orientation session of community health volunteers at Finchir Kebele

Ethiopia: Health Appointment Calendars to Benefit Women and Children Into 2022

September 30, 2021

Women and Children First has been able to extend our antenatal, postnatal and immunisation calendar pilot project, known as Re-cal-l, in the Goro Woreda of Ethiopia into 2022. This is thanks to the support of our donors and partners.

Coronavirus: 30% of Women Reduced Use of Maternal, Newborn Health Services

March 25, 2021

The impact of coronavirus on pregnant women and mothers with small babies in Uganda and Ethiopia has been revealed. 30% have declared they have reduced their use of maternal and newborn health services since the outbreak began.

An Ethiopian mother and her baby (Photo: Corrie Wingate)

Supporting Pregnant Ethiopian Women With Personalised Antenatal Calendars

December 15, 2020

Thanks to our supporters, more pregnant women are having safe, healthy deliveries. In the Goro Woreda, Ethiopia, deliveries by skilled birth attendants are up to 77%, compared to the 2017 national average of 28%.

Your Nomination Really Counts: Vote And Help Today

November 16, 2020

£1,000 could make a big difference to the work we do, helping women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities to survive and thrive. That’s why we’d be really grateful if you could nominate us in Ecclesiastical’s 12 days of giving. Your nomination could be the one that wins us £1,000.

Zebiba's Story: “The midwives saved my child’s life”

November 05, 2020

Zebiba is 26 years old and is one of the women’s health group leaders. She’s also a mother and has experiences of giving birth both at home and in a health centre.

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Secret Mum: "I walked 80 minutes to my antenatal appointment"

June 24, 2020

An expectant mother is writing a blog for Women and Children First to describe her experiences of pregnancy during the coronavirus - and juxtaposing it with the experiences in countries where the charity works.