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Maternal & Child Healthcare
Mobile data collection has been proven to aid the maternal and child health sector. Research has shown it to increase antenatal care by 41% and improve facility delivery rates by over 100%. Programs featuring mobile data collection have also seen family members participate more in antenatal care, with husbands engaging 60% and mothers-in-law 110% more often than in paper-based programs.
Organizations are using mobile data collection platforms to digitize the partograph and IMCI to allow programs to keep track of pregnancies and clinic visits, diagnose any issues from data collected, and offer advice to mothers and their families on what to expect faster and more accurately than ever before.
More projects on CommCare are focused on maternal and child health than any other sector. In fact, our platform registers one in every 110 pregnancies worldwide.
Benefits of Mobile Data Collection in Maternal & Child Healthcare
Case sharing enables users to send medical information directly to referral facilities and improve lines of communication between field and clinical work.
Mobile apps can support online and offline data collection, facilitate record keeping, and generate easily shareable reports for community health workers.
Digital forms improve protocol adherence for community health workers and help to identify symptoms in mothers and children requiring emergency care.
Training manuals and behavior change communication materials are integrated within the app, ensuring easy access to accurate information.
Mobile applications eliminate the need for paper medical records by storing medical information for each woman and child registered through the app.
Multimedia allows pregnant women and mothers to listen to messages in their own language or view culturally relevant visuals alongside their community health workers.
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Featured CommCare-Based Maternal & Healthcare Programs
Suaahara II: CommCare for Community-Based Maternal & Child Health | Nepal
The Suaahara II program, funded by USAID, aims to improve the nutritional status of pregnant women and children under two in Nepal. It focuses on enhancing health and nutrition services, promoting ideal household practices, ensuring access to nutritious foods, and improving nutrition governance through social and behavior change communication and digital platforms.
Terre des hommes: Integrated eDiagnostic Approach for Child Health | Burkina Faso
Terre des hommes collaborated with Dimagi to develop the Electronic Register of Consultations (REC), a tablet-based application. Utilizing Dimagi’s CommCare platform, the REC enhances nurses’ adherence to IMCI protocols and improves the quality of care through decision support and case management capabilities. Over 4,000 community health workers across 729 clinics use the REC to treat approximately 200,000 children monthly. The program’s success has led to its transition to Ministry of Health ownership.
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Hear from Customers using CommCare to Improve their Frontline Program Performance
Cure Violence Global
“CommCare is a mission-critical, strategic platform for us. We have been able to turn data into a strategic advantage, showcasing our impact and driving funding.”
- Dr. Charles Elliott, Director of Data Management
Catholic Relief Services
“We use CommCare extensively to design data collection tools for both development and humanitarian contexts, appreciating its flexibility for both one-off surveys and case management.”
- Nora Lindström, Senior Director, ICT4D
MHP Salud
“CommCare has allowed us to really streamline the data collection process. CHWs find it easy to capture critical information in the moment with families.”
- Dr Maggie Dante, CEO
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