Micro Health Franchise System empowers community midwife worker in providing high quality and cost-effective healthcare services to mother and child in poor communities; at their door steps. Micro Health Franchise system also provides entrepreneurial support to the community midwife workers that lead to the standardization of services, access to financial services and having support by an efficient referral network that can respond to emergencies in a proactive manner. At the core of this solution lies the Telehealth module. It is designed keeping in view the advantages of service oriented architecture and provides the Web (Electronic Medical Record), SMS (Short Text Messaging System) and data services (MMS, GPRS) to share and communicate through HL7 standards between community midwife workers and medical specialists at referral center.

We propose to further empower Islamic scholars to enlighten health providers at service delivery points in 5 resistant communities with low uptake on the correct Islamic precepts on MNCH. This project will contribute to improved health seeking behaviors of men and women of reproductive age; increased uptake of services in primary health facilities; improved capacity of health providers to counter negative perceptions of modern MNCH services; improved immunization coverage; improved uptake of modern family planning methods of the 5 communities. The standard practice amongst development partners in Nigeria is that Islamic Opinion Leaders are engaged in MNCH projects in demand creation role narrowly restricted to changing the opinion, behavior and practices of community members in the Ummah.

Tampostat is a self-regulating, low cost, emergency obstetric device designed specifically for use in low-resource settings by greatly increasing safety, efficacy, and ease-of-use over existing condom tamponades. While other condom tamponades take a volume-based approach, which may not account for varying uterus sizes, Tampostat is pressure-based and uses air to eliminate the need for saline. It features a safety valve to prevent over-inflation through auditory feedback and allows for periodic uterine contractions by constantly regulating the pressure. A proprietary probe, which allows a condom to be attached with an airtight seal, aids in guiding the condom into the uterus through guidance. With minimal training, a birth attendant in the field will be able to successfully administer Tampostat for about $1.50 USD.

Healthpoint Services India Pvt. Ltd ("eHealthPoint") proposes to deploy maternal/child health services that leverage its existing innovative rural healthcare delivery model while adding cutting-edge mHealth tools to reach out to surrounding communities. The existing model now serves 120,000 people and includes 1) a rapidly-expanding rural clinic network providing both safe drinking water and walk-in primary care on a "for pay" basis that has already achieved operating profitability; 2) village health workers employed by eHealthPoint that have a demonstrated ability to generate demand (> 50% of village households are customers within 3 months); and 3) world class eHealth tools including electronic medical records that span the continuum of care. The project will integrate these existing capabilities with outreach into the surrounding communities, supported by cutting-edge mHealth solutions including smart-phone tools for a) information gathering; b) capturing data from mobile diagnostics that is automatically transmitted to electronic medical records; and c) assisting village health workers in patient education/demand creation.