Health Dialogue Platform Launched In Nigeria

A Tech Health dialogue platform for Ebola, maternal and child health has been launched in Nigeria. The platform was launched by the Ebola Alert, an organization that uses social media and digital technology to combat Ebola. The group started a web-based Ebola and Maternal & Child Health initiative conversation known as #EbolaMNCHat

 It was done in partnership with the Wellbeing Foundation, an organization focused on improving Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, MNCH.

At the signing of the #EbolaMNCHat MoU, in Lagos, last week, Vanguard Health Features gathered that the conversation is scheduled to take place over a six-month duration and will involve fortnightly session chats over web-based platforms between experts and key stakeholders.

Technical &Policy Head, Wellbeing Foundation, Dr. Luther-King Fasehun, said: “Reducing mortalities and morbidities around maternal, newborn and child health has been a major problem for developing countries, with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has simply complicated the entire scene.

“Some of what we know need to be refined within a framework that seeks to build the resilience of our health systems, are no more applicable given the peculiar care process of pregnancy, child birth, and child care.”

Founder, Ebola Alert, Dr. Lawal Bakare noted that “With strategic focus on different pain areas like this, we believe we can start developing capacities that will be supportive in this ongoing Ebola outbreak, and can support emerging protocols applied to ensure a definitive stop to Ebola.”