FOR M(om) is implemented by a consortium of three core partners – Helium Health, Solina Health and AFRIDA who have over 30 years of combined experience optimizing development outcomes in Africa through targeted design and implementation of effective and evidence-based interventions––including digital health solutions, maternal health innovations and engaging communities to ensure implemented interventions meet their needs. The core partners will work closely with other collaborators identified based on their expertise relating to maternal care to support various project activities and assure quality.

Helium Health is a foremost healthcare software provider in West Africa which has disbursed over one million dollars in loans to health facilities and improved the operational efficiency of 200+ health facilities through its HeliumCredit, HeliumPay and HeliumEMR solutions. Helium Health is on a mission to accelerate Africa’s transition to a technology and data driven healthcare sector. Helium is advancing universal health coverage by providing a suite of full-service solutions for all healthcare stakeholders in emerging markets.

With over 10 years experience in development work, SCIDaR is an indigenous African management and health systems consulting firm that works with governments, development organizations, and the private sector to optimize health outcomes. Solina currently leads the Smiles for Mothers Consortium, with funding from MSD for mothers, that supports the Federal Ministry of Health and 3 state governments––Kano, Lagos, and Niger––in adopting and implementing the revised WHO recommendations on uterotonics for PPH prevention, while building government and facility capacity to deliver quality maternal health services.

AFRIDA is a non-governmental organization who partners with other organizations to improve the health and quality of life of children and women of reproductive age in Nigeria. AFRIDA initiatives and partnerships have expanded over time to include the conduct of need assessments across a variety of target groups, program design to address identified needs, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects, logistics support and coordination for trainings as well as capacity building, health systems strengthening and procurement.

AFRIDA’s deep expertise, networks and experience implementing public health programs in communities across many Nigeria states, including Kano and Lagos, ensures we are able to deeply engage with communities and incorporate women’s voices throughout the lifecycle of this intervention

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MSD for Mothers is MSD’s global initiative to help create a world where no woman has to die while giving life. Applying MSD’s business and scientific resources, MSD for Mothers works with grantees and collaborators to improve the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the months after. MSD for Mothers is an initiative of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. For more information, visit www.msdformothers.com
FOR M(om) seeks to improve the quality of maternal care, reduce maternal mortality and ultimately strengthen systems for safer childbirth in Lagos, Kano, and Delta states.

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