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Nigeria: Social Media to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Mortality

Categories: Nigeria, Health, Audio Podcasts, Blogs, Digital Photography, Digital Video, Microblogs, Mobile Phones, Social Networking

Maternal mortality remains a daunting challenge to Nigeria: Against a global target of less than 75/100,000LB in 2015, Nigeria had 800/100,000 LB in 2011. This project will leverage on the information technology growth in Nigeria to address this problem by developing an online platform for expectant mothers to interact, engage with health officers, tell their stories and get timely medical advices on how best to take care of themselves and baby.