Agriculture
February 20, 2024
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Stone Cold Systems
Updated on June 8, 2024
·Created on June 25, 2018
MomConnect is a South African National Department of Health initiative which aims to support maternal health through the use of cell phone based technologies integrated into maternal and child health services.
MomConnect provides important information to pregnant women, mothers and health care workers and produce strategic information for Maternal and Child Health programmes.
MomConnect has three (3) main objectives:
1) Register each pregnancy at a government health facility;
2) Send stagebased, personalized short message service (SMS) texts to each mom in the registry;
3) Allow women to engage with the health system through help desk tools and feedback services.
* The services are free to the user, and messages are all 11 official South African languages.
Check out this video about MomConnect.
Target SDGs
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Household
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Competitive Landscape
Direct competitors include GiftedMom.
Manufacturing/Building Method
Software Development.
Intellectural Property Type
Copyright
User Provision Model
Users can dial a free USSD number ( *134*550# ) and their details will be held in a subscription database.
Distributions to Date Status
2 millions Registered users.
Mobile service required
SMS, USSD
Level of coverage needed
N/A. Data/Mobile Internet not required.
Device(s) required
Feature phone.
Additional features required
None.
Permanent network connectivity required (Y/N)
Not required.
Two way communication (Y/N)
Yes. MomConnect includes a helpdesk feature which allows women registered on the system to ask maternal and child health (MCH)-related questions and to provide feedback on health services received at public health clinics.
Usage rate (%)
95% Clinics participating.
Literacy support (Y/N)
Yes; Training materials are available for women and clinics workers by the Department of Health.
Languages available
11 official languages of South Africa.
Operating system and version
N/A
mHealth application
Design Specifications
Technical Support
To report a technical or security issue, please contact techsupport@praekelt.org.
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
N/A
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
South Africa is targeting 100 deaths (or less) per 100 000 live births by 2020.
Vetted Performance Status
Unknown.
Safety
N/A
Complementary Technical Systems
None
Academic Research and References
“Reach.” n.d. Reach. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://www.reachdigitalhealth.org/
“GiftedMom.Co Is Now Part of TheMamaZone.Com | The Mama Zone.” n.d. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://themamazone.com/gifted-mom/
“ZMD App.” n.d. Zero Mothers Die. Accessed June 8, 2024. http://www.zeromothersdie.org/zmd-app.html
“Goal 3.” n.d. Sdgs.Un.Org. Accessed June 7, 2024. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3
“Product Intellectual Property.” n.d. Githubusercontent.Com. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nevir/readable-licenses/master/markdown/BSD3CLAUSE-LICENSE.md
Xiong, Khou, Joy Kamunyori, and Jane Sebidi. 2018. “The MomConnect Helpdesk: How an Interactive Mobile Messaging Programme Is Used by Mothers in South Africa.” BMJ Global Health 3 (Suppl 2): e000578. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922474/
N.d. Org.Za. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://www.hst.org.za/publications/South%20African%20Health%20Reviews/11%20MomConnect%20An%20exemplar%20implementation%20of%20the%20Health%20Normative%20Standards%20Framework%20in%20SA.pdf
Compliance with regulations
Unknown
Evaluation methods
Field trials and academic research 1-5.
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