Totohealth is committed to making motherhood a safe and joyful experience.

35432 Parents educated

39 Health facilities trained

248 Community Health Volunteers

No mother should die giving life

Every year 7,900 women die of pregnancy related complications in Tanzania. 50% of deliveries still take place at home without the help of a skilled birth attendant. 98,000 children under the age of 5 years lose their lives every year; 40,000 of them during their first month of life: the neonatal period. Unfortunately there is not a one-fix approach to improving maternal and child survival. We need multiple interventions working together to make a difference. Interventions must be patient-centered and cover all the dimensions of the continuum of care.

Supporting parents across the continuum of care

Antenatal period

We believe happy, well-nourished, stress free, well-informed & well-prepared parents enable a better environment for children to be nurtured before, during and after birth. Access to the right information and health education for mothers, fathers & caregivers can lead to better health-care seeking attitudes and positively influence maternal and newborn survival.

Delivery

If all women in Tanzania were to deliver in a health facility with the availability of basic obstetric care 50% of maternal deaths could be averted. Women face delays in healthcare seeking practices due to various economic barriers, limited understanding of the risk and mistrust in the healthcare system, closely linked to unplanned out of pocket cost for consumables at health facilities facing stock-outs of critical items for delivery.

Post-partum Period

In Tanzania, only 35% of women who have delivered return for at least one of the 4 WHO recommended postnatal care check ups. The three main causes of neonatal death are: intra-partum related events, sepsis and prematurity. Newborn (and maternal) deaths can be averted through a combination of interventions at the health facility and household level.

Our Products and Services

Mhealth

We utilize SMS and voice technology to help educate parents and care-givers to reduce maternal & child mortality and early detection of and support for developmental abnormalities.

Clean Delivery Pack

We provide access to all the necessary items needed for delivery in a comprehensive Clean Delivery Pack available at health facilities.

Totopack

We ensure that when their child is born, parents have access to a set of essential, pre-assembled & impactful items in a simple box that gives their child a safe, healthy and joyful start to life.

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