MOTECH

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Meeting health needs of Ghanaian families in
Rural Villages using mobile phones to
disseminate home-based health education to
improve maternal and child health
Presenter
Dr. Frank Nyonator Ghana Health Service
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• To test the proposition that improved health
  information improves health outcomes

• Focus

• Information delivered to pregnant parents

• Extended to include the first year of the childs
  life

• Weekly Messages in language and method of choice
  (SMS or voice)
• Messages specific to the clients gestational age
• Clients can flash MoTeCH be called back with
  their message

Key Innovations
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• Lessons Learned Clients

Augmenting Community-based Health Planning and
Services (CHPS) Initiative with a Health
information messaging service

• Cultural myths and traditional beliefs strongly
  effect prenatal and birth choices

• Serious lack of basic maternal/newborn health
  information available in the field

With MoTeCH Messages target beliefs that are
detrimental to health

• visit our website at www.ghsMoTeCH.org

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Nurses are very optimistic in meeting maternal
and child health needs

• Benefits to Nurses

Post natal care
First year of life ...
I used to get two or three, but last month I had
ten deliveries at the facility because the
clients get the messages and they come. For
postnatal they come. Even if they deliver at home
they get the messages from MOTECH which make
them come for postnatal.
When we see our clients for a child welfare
clinic we gather them in a big group to educate
them but often these meetings are big and noisy
so not everyone picks up what you've said. That's
why MOTECH is good because it provides 11 info
to patients along with personalized reminder
messages.
.Midwife
.Community-based health Officer
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• Project Sites
• Where we are now

Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts


Burkina Faso

Upper East Region
Upper West Region
Northern Region

• Volta Region
• South Tongu District
• Central Region
• Gomoa East District
• Awutu-Senya
• Greater-Accra Region
• Dangme East District
• Ashanti Region
• All districts

Togo
Ashanti Region
Brong-Ahafo Region
Cote DIvoire

Ashanti Region
Volta Region
Eastern Region
a Western Region
Central Region
Central Region
Greater Accra Region
Gulf of Guinea
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Thank You

• For more information on CHPS _ Visit
  http//www.ghschps.org
• For information on MoTeCH _Visit
  http//www.ghsMoTeCH.org
• Lessons Learned report
• http//www.grameenfoundation.org/sites/default/fil
  es/MOTECH-Early-Lessons-Learned-March-2011-FINAL.p
  df