MAMA Bangladesh (Aponjon) Formative Research Report - The MAMA ‘Aponjon’ formative research report is a practice-oriented evaluation of the MAMA program during its initial phase of implementation in Bangladesh. Developed by a joint team from the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative and Dnet, the report focuses on 1) identifying the most effective programmatic strategies to guide future implementation of “Aponjon” and 2) outlines MORE
MAMA Course Launch Event - Dr. Ananya Raihan, Country Director of MAMA Bangladesh and Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director of MAMA Global, provide high level overviews on MAMA’s model, mission and strategy. MORE
MAMA in Country Learning Workshop: Key Take-Aways from Timor-Leste - MAMA Global hosted an in-country learning workshop in Timor-Leste in collaboration with (Health Alliance International) HAI, and their technical partner Catalpa International, shared lessons learned, best practices and led site visits, focus groups and community outreach activities. Workshop attendees also presented on their own programs, highlighting lessons learned, successes, challenges and how MORE
MAMA Messages Technical Platforms (Session Three) - Informative overviews and Q&A with tech platform developers. MORE
MAMA Messages Technical Platforms: Telerivet and engageSPARK - Informative overviews and Q&A with tech platforms Telerivet and engageSPARK. MORE
MAMA Messages Technical Platforms: VOTO Mobile and TextIt - Informative overviews and Q&A with tech platforms VOTO Mobile and TextIt. MORE
MAMA Messages Workshop with Daphne Metland and Gayatri Koshy - Learn from BabyCenter content creation experts Gayatri and Daphne on key considerations in developing messages for mothers. MORE
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