Data analytic tools to help health workers reach mothers and children most at risk
The project beginning in India and Uganda will be extended to 10 countries and aims to prevent the premature deaths of six-million women and children by 2030
25 September 2019 - 16:11
London — Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk maps and social media trends to help save the lives of vulnerable mothers and babies.
The $100m project, funded by the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, the World Health Organisation, Unicef, the World Bank and others, will be extended to 10 countries in all and aims to prevent the premature deaths of six-million women and children by 2030...
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