Friday, April 19, 2024

How I Save Babies’ Lives Using GPS Trackers

Share

By BBC News

In some communities in rural Kenya, pregnant women move with their cattle, which means they can’t always access maternal care.

Dahabu Adi, a lab technician at Kenya’s Moyale hospital, created a GPS tracking system to help save the lives of pastoral women and their babies, after witnessing a lot of maternal and infant mortality because of lack of basic check-ups in remote areas.

The scheme has now helped more than 268 women and maternal and infant deaths have dropped.

Learn more onhttps://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49120067/how-i-save-babies-lives-using-gps-trackers

Read more

Related News