Kesandu Nwokolo, a U.S-based app developer, has developed an app to
help reduce infant and maternal mortality in Africa. The innovative
healthcare app called, CradleCount, would revolutionize the health sector in Nigeria and Africa.
A statement released for the app yesterday, noted that about 6 out of
10 women in Nigeria and Africa have their babies at home, where the
delivery is not supervised by a skilled birth attendant. The errors in
estimating the expected date of delivery normally lead to these
unexpected deliveries.
If this is not addressed, there will be increased pregnancy related
complications resulting in more maternal and infant mortality. Seeing
these shocking statistics and challenges led to the development of
CradleCount.
CradleCount helps pregnant women and also health practitioners to
calculate accurately the expected date of delivery using the last
menstrual period. It informs pregnant women how many days to the
delivery of the baby.
It has alerts that remind pregnant mothers to register and follow up
with their antenatal care. It also sends regular pregnancy and health
tips to expectant mothers and it can also work without an internet
connection.
UNICEF says, every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 under-5 year old and 145 women of childbearing age, the 2nd largest in the world.
CradleCount is free to download and easy to use. It’s available on
Google play store…
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