ARMMAN
armman.orgNot-for-profitDevice or technologyHealth workforce trainingPrimaryScreening/DiagnosisPreventionMaternal, child, and reproductive healthNationalLocalMiddleLowVulnerable populationsFamiliesWomen and childrenIndia
Description of Innovation
ARMMAN is an India-based non-profit leveraging mHealth to create cost-effective, scalable, gender-transformative, non-linear, systemic solutions to improve access of pregnant women and mothers to preventive information and services along with training health workers to reduce maternal and child mortality/morbidity.
ARMMAN adopts a “tech plus touch” model by leveraging the health worker network of the government and partner NGOs along with the deep mobile penetration to create scalable solutions using a fit-for-purpose equity-based approach
In partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), ARMMAN is currently implementing the largest mobile-based maternal messaging program (Kilkari) and the largest mobile-based training program for frontline health workers (Mobile Academy) in the world.
