President of Ghana award
Africa Innovates for the SDGs Award is for a new generation of early-stage social innovators in Africa who are solving problems in the SDGs’ focus areas. In 2019, NATAL CARES won the maiden edition of the award.
About Us
Natal Cares is a social enterprise that leverages on the power of Mobile Technology, Machine Learning and Low Cost Innovation to combat maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria. Natal Cares Primarily focuses on providing mental and emotional healthcare support, medical monitoring and emergency services to at-risk pregnant women, vulnerable children and nursing mothers reaching them in their hometowns and villages and advocating for better access to healthcare at primary healthcare centers especially in Under-served communities
Our Mission
Our mission is to harness Mobile Technology, Machine Learning and Low-Cost Innovations to Combat Maternal and Infant Mortality in Nigeria through offering Critical Live-Saving Healthcare Information and Medical Supplies Services Designed to Assist Local Women in Under-Served Communities in Nigeria tackle Pregnancy, Child-Delivery and Early-Motherhood Complications
Our Vission
To become a global Social Enterprise leading the use of reliable mobile technology, machine learning and Low Cost Innovations to contribute to reducing maternal and infant mortality rate in Africa.
Founder's Story
After losing my childhood friend/sister-in-law (Dorcas Edeani) at childbirth due to complications of pregnancy and Delivery, it was one of my saddest moments in life. It was even more painful knowing that this was very preventable.
Since then, I have dedicated myself to take action to put an end to maternal and child deaths or at least reduce them drastically. My in-law's death put a face behind every maternal and child health statistics I have seen and made me realize that these are not just numbers, they are real people and they are never coming back.
Background
According to the United Nations, Nigeria is now one of the most dangerous countries in the world to give birth. The country alone accounts for 19% of all maternal and child deaths on the planet. UNICEF states that “Every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 children under five and 145 women of childbearing age due to complication of pregnancy and delivery. And according to the W.H.O Vaccine-preventable diseases remain the most common cause of childhood mortality with an estimated three million deaths each year in Nigeria alone. Because of all these, Nigeria is now the second largest contributor to the under–five and maternal mortality rate in the world.”
From our research, 85% of this mortality occurs in rural under-served communities because of THREE Major reasons:
- The healthcare information gap which makes Nigerian women vulnerable to superstitions and un-healthy practices during childbirth
- The unhealthy child-delivery practices by untrained community care-givers in these vulnerable communities.
- The Lack of Child Vaccination related disease for children between the ages of 0-5.
The problems we're trying
to solve
We are addressing the various unhealthy child-delivery practices in underserved communities by untrained Traditional Birth Attendants and other Local Community Care Givers.
We are bridging the basic health care information gap in under-served communities, making naïve women vulnerable to superstitions and fables regarding pregnancy and child birth.
We are addressing the devastating impact of lack of vaccination preventable childhood related diseases in under-5 children. According to W.H.O Vaccine-preventable diseases remain the most common cause of childhood mortality with an estimated three million deaths each year in Nigeria alone
Our Solutions
At Natal Cares, we have developed a holistic innovative solution that work across the entire care continuum to help improve maternal and child health and reduce the risk of maternal deaths and other adverse perinatal outcome.
Mobile messaging service
We bridge the healthcare information gap in underserved communities, by harnessing the power of Mobile Technology.
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Comprehensive delivery kit
To curb the unhealthy child-delivery practices in under-served communities, we have developed Comprehensive DELIVERY KITS carefully furnished by our team of Doctors.
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Training and capacity building
Through our ON-SITE and E-TRAINING Platform, we train and educate frontline health workers and Traditional birth Attendants on latest delivery practices.
Radio program
In a bid to reach out to more pregnant women and nursing mothers in hard-to-reach communities combating maternal and infant.
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Mobile application
To address the devastating impact of preventable childhood related diseases, our Mobile Application contains.
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COVID-19 intervention
Almost from the onset of the health emergency, the W.H.O had warned of the risk that COVID-19 could spread to countries with
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Recognitions
The Future Awards Africa
The Future Awards Africa, are a set of awards given by The Future Project (TFP). The awards celebrate young people between the ages of 18 and 31, who have made outstanding achievement in the year. NATAL CARES won The 2018 Future Awards in Health Advocacy.