Safe Delivery App COVID-19 Module: Mobile Training for Maternal Health Workers

A consortium including non-governmental organizations, academia, the private sector, the International Confederation of Midwives, and UNFPA developed a COVID-19 module for the Safe Delivery App. The mobile tool aims to provide frontline health workers in low and middle-income countries with up-to-date clinical guidelines and training during the pandemic. The commentary notes that in 2019, 98% of adults in low and middle-income countries had a cellular subscription.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the effectiveness of mobile-based training for health workers based on the described use of educational videos and interactive exercises.
• Studying the adoption of mHealth tools in emergencies based on the commentary's focus on the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver for innovation.
• Analyzing the reach of digital health information based on the described high cellular subscription rates in low and middle-income countries.

Strengths

• The tool is described as freely available, promoting accessibility.
• Development involved a consortium of multiple international organizations, suggesting a collaborative effort.
• The commentary cites specific cellular subscription statistics, such as 98% of adults in low and middle-income countries having a subscription in 2019.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Stine Lund, Hvidovre Hospital, via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Developed by a consortium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as described in the commentary.

Time Range

Likely covers the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, but specific dates are not provided.

Geography

Primarily targets low and middle-income countries, with specific mention of Sub-Saharan Africa.