App/Software

In the Philippines, where between 55 and 73 per cent of babies born in 2011 were delivered at home, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high.  Mothers die from hemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and complications of unsafe abortion.  A mobile phone app developed by this project will use ultrasound results to help identify pregnant women at risk in labour and will relay information to an appropriate health provider. For more information visit dce.upm.edu.ph/clinical-epidemiology/"

We will develop an mHealth application in sub-Saharan Africa that uses geographic mapping methods to create an integrated maternal health risk in the context of local social and physical environments. It can save the lives of women and babies. Follow Mapping Outcomes for Mothers - UBC on Twitter @MOM_UBC"

Bridging the vital communication gap between the community and health care facilities using modern and accessible technology with information power will result in timely care for vulnerable mothers and newborns to save their lives.

Project leaders at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia say the 29 million mobile phones in Peru roughly matches the population yet the use of information and communication technologies in health work with rural women who speak Quechua is unprecedented. An estimated 22% of Peruvians speak Quechua. Quechua is the language spoken in the rural Andes region and does not have a written component. Therefore, voice messages in Quechua will be sent to mothers with reminders for medical appointments, general pregnancy health tips and nutritional tips.

We have a monitoring app to screen and track all women of reproductive age for risk factors of maternal mortality and enroll willing mothers in a baby clothing micro-enterprise that will donate clothing to mothers who deliver in health facilities.

Over the course of a year, we will reimagine, design, develop, and test a novel, mobile phone-based tool to support deliveries in India. This tool will help healthcare providers and supervisors of varying skill levels provide lifesaving delivery care.

Uganda has high maternal, neonatal and child mortality but the burden is highest in rural areas. Yet the rural areas are least served by health services, and are also least reached by effective behavior change communication for health. Available information is not culture and context specific and is rarely delivered in a sustainable manner. We therefore aim to evaluate the effect of use of locally made videos by local community groups in local languages as a channel for behavior change to improve maternal, neonatal and child health among rural communities in Eastern Uganda.

Most rape victims feel they cannot report. Our project in South Africa will develop inexpensive, user-friendly self-interviewing devices to help communities identify and dismantle their unique barriers to reporting, ultimately ending the impunity that protects rapists and sustains HIV.

Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are the leading cause of death and disability among young people in Sub-Saharan Africa (ages 15 – 29). Report 2 Save will develop a system that acquires real-time data on RTAs through the use of crowdsourcing techniques, and will make it readily available to all stakeholders.

The burden of injury has reached epidemic proportions, especially in low-income countries. Annually, injury costs more than five million lives. The social and economic burden of injury is profound and disproportionately affects young people, the most productive demographic of the population. The introduction of an innovative electronic trauma registry allows for rapid and real-time data collection and analysis, which is essential in resource-limited settings. This will set the foundation for surveillance, education and implementation of effective policies to reduce the burden of injury.