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.
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What We’re Doing Next for Women and Children – and How You Can Help
Our vision is a world where all women, children and young people can survive and thrive. Our mission is to empower local communities to take action on the biggest health challenges facing them. Find out how, with your help, you can enable us to support more women and children.
Read MoreHow Personalised Calendars Help Women Attend Crucial Health Appointments
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.
Read MoreEthiopia: Health Appointment Calendars to Benefit Women and Children Into 2022
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.
Read MoreSupporting Pregnant Ethiopian Women With Personalised Antenatal Calendars
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%.
Read MoreWomen and Children First Shortlisted for Innovation Award
Women and Children First is proud to announce that our innovation, an analogue appointment reminder calendar for pregnant and new mothers, has been shortlisted for the ‘Empowering caregivers in immunisation challenge’ Award.
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