MAMA Spanish Language Messages Launch - MAMA Global shares information about the creation and use of the adaptable messages now available in Spanish. MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Cambodia, People in Need - People in Need (PIN) Cambodia, a Czech nonprofit organization, has trialed and is now ready to expand the use of automated messaging mobile technology as a means of promoting health messages at a large scale to beneficiaries in the central Cambodian province of Kampong Chhnang. MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Colombia, MAMI - MAMI is an educational, empowering and shared pregnancy platform for mothers from low to middle income settings based in Manizales, Colombia. They work to promote healthy pregnancy, encourage preventative care seeking behaviors and enable women to make informed decisions throughout pregnancy. MAMI’s strategy is aimed directly at reducing maternal mortality (MDG 5) as well as under-five MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Ghana, Savana Signatures - Savana Signatures is currently implementing a Technology for Maternal Health project in four districts (Tamale, Yendi, Savelugu and Kumbungu) and six health facilities (Kings Medical Center, Yendi, Savelugu, Tamale Central, Tamale West and Tamale Teaching hospitals) in Ghana. Download the complete case study here. MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Malawi, Chipatala Cha Pa Foni - The Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF) in Malawi is a hotline and voice/text based tips and reminders service providing women and guardians of young children in rural and underserved areas with access to information, medical advice and referrals on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) issues MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Nicaragua, ChatSalud - In Nicaragua, one in four adolescent girls will become pregnant before the age of 19, and in rural Nicaragua the rate rises to one in three. At the same time, over 90% of Nicaraguans have access to a cell phones. Using a combination of MAMA messaging, m4RH messaging, and messaging from local organizations as a base, ChatSalud adapted a combination of these messages to fit the MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Reimagining Mobile in South Africa: Lessons from Year One. - In South Africa, mobile technology is prolific. At the same time, the country’s maternal and infant mortality is unacceptably high. The confluence of these factors signifies that South Africa could both benefit from and support a mobile health program for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). This report explores the programmatic processes, successes and lessons learned by Mobile MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Timor-Leste, Liga Inan - The Liga Inan (“Mobile Moms”) Project is using mobile phones to connect expectant mothers with health care providers in Timor-Leste to improve the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy and birth. The goal of the Liga Inan project is to increase utilization of quality skilled care before, during and after delivery. MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study: Uganda, Living Goods - The complete case study of how Living Goods, Uganda has used the MAMA adaptable messaging including challenges, lessons learned, and future plans to scale up. MORE
MAMA Spotlight Case Study:Tanzania, Wazazi Nipendeni / Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby - The complete case study of how Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby Text Messaging Service in Tanzania has used the MAMA adaptable messaging including challenges, lessons learned, and future plans to scale up. MORE
MAMA – Point Forward: Ethnographic Tools for Cross-cultural Service Design and Delivery - Learn about tools to leverage to incorporate cross-cultural service design and delivery into you mHealth program. MORE
MAMA's Evidence Hierarchy of Mobile Messaging for Improved Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) - The MAMA evidence hierarchy aligns primary and secondary data findings relating to MAMA programs along a hierarchy of strength of evidence while also detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the different levels of evidence. September 2014 MORE
MAMA's Introductory Workshop on Mobile Messaging to Mothers getting started checklist - A checklist on pre-implementation considerations created by mHealth experts. MORE
MAMA's Lessons Learned on the Way to 500,000 Subscribers - The MAMA program in Bangladesh, known locally as Aponjon has harnessed the potential of mobile technology to achieve scale, sustainability and impact by tackling challenges related to female literacy and phone ownership, and diverse preferences from urban and rural populations. This document shares the programmatic processes, successes and lessons learned that has MORE
MAMA's mHealth Mobile Messaging Toolkit Worksheet - The mHealth Mobile Messaging Worksheet is to be used in conjunction with the the corresponding toolkit. The goal is provide a working document that better guide users through the process of designing and evaluating the best mHealth project. October 2014 MORE
MAMA's mHealth Mobile Messaging Toolkit: Practical Uses and Applications - Experts from PATH and HealthEnabled shared their mHealth Mobile Messaging Toolkit. The mobile technology marketplace is very dynamic. Not only is the technology evolving but so are the infrastructure and politics around mobile communications. This toolkit looks to provide frameworks for evaluating the best solution for a mHealth project within this environment. MORE
MAMA: Early considerations for M&E and Research - Josie Mangxaba, MAMA Global; Radha Rajan, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; Atik Ahsan, Dnet; and Nicholette Naidoo, With RHI share their experience on early M&E and research of MAMA Country Programs. MORE
MAMA: Panelist How To Guide: reaching mom on her mobile phone - Experts share high level advice on how to reach mothers using mobile phones.Iin order to view the webinars, please register here. MORE
MAMA: Technical Platforms for Mobile Messaging - Choosing the right technical platform to support mobile health programming can seem like a daunting task. There are a lot of platforms out there, and questions of scalability, cost, ease of use, and more can be difficult to navigate. We’ve profiled a number of technical platforms for you to look through and discover. Where possible, we’ve tried to include hands-on video walkthroughs of MORE
MAMA: Using Mobile Money to Improve Community Health Worker Incentive (Dnet) - This study, conducted by MAMA Bangladesh's main implementing partner, Dnet, captures how community health workers who register moms for the service are using mobile phones. The study was funded under a grant provided through USAID’s Mobile Solutions and Technical Assistance (mSTAR) project. MORE
MAMA: Working with Mobile Network Operators: Kristen Roggemann, GSMA mWomen Programme - Kristen Roggemann of GSMA mWomen Programme shares insights into how NGOs can more effectively work with MNOs. MORE
Maternal Health Task Force - The Maternal Health Task Force identifies and creates opportunities for the global maternal health community to develop consensus on critical needs, priorities, and actions, including (but not limited to) the application of mHealth in maternal health. MORE
mBCC Field Guide: A Resource for Developing Mobile Behavior Change Programs - This resource helps users guide the design of mobile applications for health and provides insights about what works in mobile behavior change communication (mBCC). Compiled by Abt Associates, the guide examines what is known about the power of mobile communication tools to influence health behaviors for consumers and health care providers. Why it helps with planning: This is a planning MORE
mCARE - A pregnancy and neonatal health information system that connects rural health workers and facilities with pregnant women and their newborns in Bangladesh, developed through a partnership including the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. MORE
MEASURE Evaluation Project Blog - MEASURE Evaluation’s Director for Evaluation, Heidi Reynolds, writes on informing investments in health information systems. MORE