The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Jacaranda Health, a non-governmental organisation, are expected to fully scale up the "PROMPTS" initiative across all 29 districts of the Greater Accra Region from the second half, next year.
The "Prompting Moms in Pregnancy and Postpartum through SMS" (PROMPTS) intervention, leverages digital platforms to support women through their pregnancy journey while providing real-time information on their experiences of care for improved service delivery.
Following a successful pilot of PROMPTS in three health facilities within the region since January 2023, the scale up is expected to complement efforts at strengthening quality maternal care and further reduce Ghana's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) which stands at 310 per 100,000 live births, way above the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended MMR for 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.
The Director-General of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye speaking at a dissemination forum of a research that looked into the feasibility and acceptability of PROMPTS within the healthcare system, indicated that the results so far from the pilot were positive.
