Lack of transport, poor infrastructures and long distances to health centers are barriers to accessing care in a country where the vast majority of the population lives in rural areas.
“The establishment of Mobile Phone Health Service called Chipatala cha pa Foni by Village Reach will improve health service delivery by increasing knowledge of essential reproductive, maternal and child health practices”, said Zachariah Jezman. Project Manager of Village Reach in Balaka during the official launch of Chipatala cha pafoni at Senior Chief Kwataine in Ntcheu District.
In his remarks, Senior Chief Kwataine , who is also chairperson of Safe Motherhood Presidential Initiative, said that the development will give a chance to people in rural communities to access health services easily without spending any cash.
Chipatala cha pa Foni is a mobile health project targeting women of childbearing age, pregnant women and guardians of children less than five years of age in rural Malawi.
The project was developed and piloted through Concern Worldwide’s Innovations for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health initiative with the design and implementation in Malawi led by their partners Village Reach and Ministry of Health.
