m4Change: Improving Service Delivery through mHealth in Nigeria
m4Change was launched in 2012 to improve the quality of services provided by community health workers through the deployment of a mobile phone antenatal care application designed to facilitate more accurate decision-making.
Pathfinder has collaborated with Dimagi to implement the m4Change project in Nigeria with funding from Pathfinders board members. The m4Change project was launched in the Nassarawa and Abuja regions of Nigeria to improve the quality of services provided by community health workers through the deployment of a mobile phone antenatal care application using the CommCare software platform. The application was designed to assist community health workers in more accurate decision-making as well as to help them easily follow standard antenatal care protocols and quickly identify complications.
The antenatal care application is currently being used in 20 health facilities in Abuja through the CommCare platform. More than 150 health workers will use CommCare during antenatal care client sessions. A rigorous research study is ongoing and examines the quality of antenatal care provided by community health workers as well as the perceptions of community health workers on using CommCare and its effect on client interactions. The results of the study are expected in late 2013.
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