Integrated Maternal Health System

Team Leader

Rayaan Said

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

One-line solution summary:

Integrated Maternal Healthcare Application aims at reducing maternal mortality rates by improving maternal care services to mothers.

Pitch your solution.

Majority of the women die due to complications during pregnancy and child birth. For instance, fluctuations in blood pressure which may cause one to suffer from pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Such illnesses can be prevented by monitoring the blood pressure frequently. Majority of maternal care applications do not provide such services.

Lack of information is also a challenge. Maternal care applications do not provide sufficient information on what expectant mothers should look out for such as danger sign during and after birth as well as information on the importance of nutrition and fitness.

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What specific problem are you solving?

Improving maternal health and reducing risks prior to pregnancy

What is your solution?

Provide health education: The system provides sufficient information on the importance of nutrition and physical fitness for the wellbeing of both the mother and the child.

24/7 Availability: the system will be accessible to all patients as long as there have internet connection.

Consistent tracking of patients: the healthcare providers will be able to follow up on patients based on the past history recorded in the system.

Helps in reducing maternal mortality: it enables early detection of pregnancy complications hence reducing maternal mortality

Reduces inequalities in care: this is through facilitating communication between clients and healthcare providers.

Improves data collection and surveillance: it makes it easier to collect data from a lot of patients at the same time.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

My solution serves expectant mothers in the African countries. I have taken past in doing volunteer work at a clinic in order to understand how activities ore carried out for the mothers during their clinic visits.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Expand access to high-quality, affordable care for women, new mothers, and newborns

Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge and your selected dimension.

Technological barriers: Although mobile phones have been a thriving field in providing mobile health services for maternal and child healthcare,

Lack of enough healthcare providers: the lack of enough qualified staff to provide services to expectant mothers has caused a strain on the volunteering healthcare providers since they can cover all places. High costs of maintaining the system: with the application getting more users, it will store more data which could require hiring an IT team so as to ensure the data is managed and secure. Hence incurring an extra cost

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Nairobi, Kenya

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Team lead