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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How 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.
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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.
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