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Mobile Phones for ttC/MNCH in Sierra Leone
Mobile Phones for ttC/MNCH in Sierra Leone
Not-for-profit
Existing or expanding (post-pilot)
Target Population
Health focus
- Maternal, newborn and child health
Summary
World Vision (WV) Sierra Leone recently introduced the MOTECH Suite application across three of its area development programs in Bonthe, a southern district of Sierra Leone. Supported by WV Ireland and WV UK, the application targets improvement in maternal and child health.Program goals
World Vision and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone are collaborating to increase access to maternal, newborn, and child health across 22,000 households in the southern Bonthe District.
Key program components
- Community Health Worker Training in delivery of evidence-based framwork
- Promotion of 7 key health interventions for pregnant women and 11 key health interventions for children under age 2 using a behavior change communications and counseling approach
- Utilize the MOTECH Suite application (combination of Grameen Foundation's MOTECH and Dimagi's CommCare), which allows CHWs to track overdue visits to households, register pregnant women and their children for the program, make emergency referrals to affiliated health centers, and collect household data for transmission to health facility to support clinic and managerial decision-making
- Health Outreach home visits that target not only pregnant women and their children but also the key decision makers within each home
- Encourages Efficiency and Accountability among health services workers
- Train key health staff to provide support supervision of the CHWs
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