Save the date - webinar: Using digital technologies to enhance implementation of home-based records/ personal health records for maternal, newborn and child health 

Home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health, such as vaccination cards, antenatal care notes, and maternal and child health handbooks, are important tools to record the history of health services an individual has received and support communication between individuals and health workers. The use of digital technologies to enhance implementation of home-based records may provide opportunities for improved data access and accuracy and to continuity of care, though challenges like usability, equity, and system integration remain.

Please join us in an upcoming webinar on using digital technologies to enhance implementation of home-based records / personal health records for maternal, newborn and child health, taking place on 7 May at 13:00 CET. Please register via the QR code or this link to participate in this exciting webinar, learn from two country experiences and share your ideas!

Agenda and Speakers

• Opening remarks and introductions (Annie Portela and Laura Nic Lochlainn, World Health Organization)
• Overview of WHO guidance for digital transformation (Natschja Ratanaprayul, World Health Organization)
• The use of electronic child health cards linked to digital registry in Rwanda (Representative of Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Republic of Rwanda, TBC)
• The India U-WIN initiative to improve immunization in pregnant women, newborns, infants and children (Dr. Pawan Kumar, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India New Delhi)
• Building the future: digitalizing the maternal and child health handbook by leveraging digital public goods (Tomoya Yoshida, Japan International Cooperation Agency)
• Q&A