Lamu: Where phone notifies you of birth dates and polio jabs

Lamu locals in celebrations aboard their dhows during the 132nd Maulid Celebration. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Women in Lamu County have adopted mobile phone technology in maternal, newborn, and child health programmes.  

In the programme launched in 2018, some 500 Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) were trained and equipped with smartphones to monitor the health of pregnant women.