HelpMum Africa

Vaxsocial initiative awards 12 million dollars funding to HelpMum Africa and 6 other global organization We are excited to announce that HelpMum Africa and The Behavioural Insights Team is among the 7 global organization that will receive funding totalling 12 million dollars grant from Advancing Health Online and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as part of their new VaxSocial initiative. HelpMum Africa, an African provider of award-winning digital Innovations in maternal and infant healthcare is partnering with The Behavioural Insights Team, a world leader on behavioral science and rigorous evaluation to deliver this project. The partnership will design, implement and evaluate social media interventions across several Nigerian states. This will involve developing a new behavioural and AI-informed WhatsApp vaccination chatbot, based on HelpMum’s existing work. The effectiveness of the intervention will be tested in a large field randomized controlled trial. The Vaxsocial initiative aims to explore the role of innovative social media, AI and behavioral change interventions in helping to build confidence around routine vaccination in India, Indonesia and Nigeria, countries with some of the highest vaccination gaps. Full announcement from Vaxsocial https://lnkd.in/dKPNNNFU

Welcome to 2025! As we step into a new year filled with hope and possibilities, we at HelpMum are excited to continue our journey of improving maternal and child health across Nigeria and beyond. In 2024, together we made remarkable strides; launching innovative solutions, empowering healthcare workers, and promoting vaccine confidence in our communities. This year, we’re committed to scaling new heights, leveraging innovation, technology, research, policy advocacy and advisory to save more lives and transform healthcare access. As we embark on this journey into 2025, we are filled with hope and determination to create even greater impact. Cheers to a remarkable year ahead🎉

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from all of us at HelpMum! ✨🎄 This season, we celebrate the gift of life, the joy of family, and the hope for healthier tomorrows. Wishing you and your loved ones peace, joy, and an abundance of blessings this Christmas and beyond! 🎁❤️ #HelpMum #MerryChristmas #HealthForAll #MaternalHealth #ChildHealth #seasonofjoy

Happy Birthday to Our Inspiring CEO and Founder, Dr. Abiodun Adereni! Today, we celebrate you, a visionary leader, a compassionate changemaker, and the driving force behind HelpMum’s incredible impact. Your dedication to improving maternal and child health continues to inspire us and the communities we serve. As you mark another year of life, may you be blessed with strength, wisdom, and endless joy to keep pushing boundaries and achieving greatness. Thank you for your leadership, mentorship, and passion for creating a healthier world.

📊 HelpMum Africa Impact for 2024 🚀 At HelpMum Africa, we are transforming maternal and child healthcare through innovation, research, and technology. Here’s how we have made a difference in 2024: 1. HelpMum Africa Clean Birth Kit: 95% of pregnant women delivered safely using our kits. 2. HelpMum Africa Vaccination Tracker: We have over 300,440+ nursing mothers registered on our HelpMum Vaccination Tracker. 3. HelpMum Africa Research: HelpMum, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, authored a paper on using AI to boost child vaccination in Nigeria, accepted for the AAAI-2024 conference. HelpMum and the Behavioural Insights Team are exploring how social media and their AI & BI chatbot on WhatsApp can drive vaccination uptake. 4. HelpMum Africa MAMABOT: We have recorded 14,683 users who use our HelpMum MamaBot to get accurate and essential information about pregnancy, nutrition, and exercise. 5. HelpMum Africa VaxBot: In 2024, we had 79,801 users interact with the HelpMum VaxBot 6. HelpMum Africa Digital Health Café: Supporting 1,000+ pregnant women with delivering in a safe and hygienic environment. 7. HelpMum Africa E-Learning Platform: Over 25,000 lives of pregnant women and babies have been saved by CBAs, Midwives, and nurses trained using the content on the HelpMum E-learning mobile tablets. 8. HelpMum Africa ADVISER: Driving 73.8% vaccination uptake through the targeted interventions incorporated into ADVISER. 9. HelpMum Africa AI Open Source Innovations: Our AI open-source innovations have been downloaded and utilized by researchers, health organizations, and developers across 10 countries, (South Africa, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, South Korea, Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nigeria). 10. HelpMum Africa State Partnerships: Seven states ( Oyo, Osun, Akwa-Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina state have fully adopted our HelpMum vaccination track, HelpMum ADVISER and HelpMum chatbot into their healthcare system. #MaternalHealth #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #HelpMumImpact2024 #Vaccination #AIForHealth

🌟 Exciting News: HelpMum MamaBot AI is Here! 🌟 We are excited to officially launch MamaBot AI, our AI chatbot, fully integrated into HelpMum's WhatsApp chatbot, designed to transform maternal and child healthcare for pregnant women and children aged 5 years and below! 🤰👶 Over the course of our beta testing, MamaBot AI facilitated 10,000+ conversations, providing vital healthcare information and support to pregnant women and mothers across Nigeria. 🚀 MamaBot AI is already making a huge impact by: ✅ Delivering timely advice to pregnant mothers. ✅ Supporting mothers with essential child healthcare tips. ✅ Bridging the gap in healthcare accessibility for underserved communities. But we’re not stopping here! 🔧 We're excited to announce that the MamaBot API will launch next year, Q1 2025, opening new doors for seamless integration for organizations building healthcare products for greater impact. At HelpMum, we’re committed to leveraging AI innovation to save lives and improve healthcare outcomes in Africa and beyond. 💬 Want to experience MamaBot AI in action? Try it on WhatsApp today! #AIForGood #MaternalHealth #Innovation #HealthcareTech #HelpMum

🌟 Exciting News: HelpMum MamaBot AI is Here! 🌟 We are excited to officially launch MamaBot AI, our AI chatbot, fully integrated into HelpMum's WhatsApp chatbot, designed to transform maternal and child healthcare for pregnant women and children aged 5 years and below! 🤰👶 Over the course of our beta testing, MamaBot AI facilitated 10,000+ conversations, providing vital healthcare information and support to pregnant women and mothers across Nigeria. 🚀 MamaBot AI is already making a huge impact by: ✅ Delivering timely advice to pregnant mothers. ✅ Supporting mothers with essential child healthcare tips. ✅ Bridging the gap in healthcare accessibility for underserved communities. But we’re not stopping here! 🔧 We're excited to announce that the MamaBot API will launch next year, Q1 2025, opening new doors for seamless integration for organizations building healthcare products for greater impact. At HelpMum, we’re committed to leveraging AI innovation to save lives and improve healthcare outcomes in Africa and beyond. 💬 Want to experience MamaBot AI in action? Try it on WhatsApp today! #AIForGood #MaternalHealth #Innovation #HealthcareTech #HelpMum

This year has been a transformative journey, filled with incredible opportunities to learn, build, and make meaningful impact. 👌🏽🎉 At HelpMum Africa, I had the privilege of leading the development of innovative AI solutions like MamaBot-Llama and Vax-Llama, open-source Large Language Models, designed to address maternal and child healthcare as well as vaccination challenges. Presenting these solutions at Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 , was an unforgettable highlight, and receiving Meta ‘s grant award for our work was deeply rewarding. Beyond creating models, we developed intelligent assistants and chatbots, further pushing the boundaries of healthcare innovation. This year also marked growth in my research journey, with new publications that reflect my dedication to advancing knowledge in this field. I’m immensely grateful for the experiences, lessons, and opportunities that have shaped me this year. My passion for merging healthcare and technology continues to drive me, and I’m excited to see what the future holds. Here’s to another impactful year ahead! 🚀

Today marks a significant milestone for us as we launch our first policy document, advocating for the adoption of the HelpMum Africa Clean Birth Kit across all primary healthcare systems in Nigeria. At HelpMum Africa, we have successfully reached thousands of pregnant women with our clean birth kits, and through this journey, we have gathered valuable lessons and developed effective distribution strategies. These insights can serve as a guide for government adoption, ensuring wider accessibility and impact. The next phase of this is to collaborate with advocacy groups to identify essential strategies for engaging the right stakeholders. This collaboration will help us push for a more effective and sustainable distribution framework for the clean birth kit across all primary health centers in Nigeria. HelpMum Africa recognize and appreciate the ongoing efforts within the Federal Ministry of Health to provide every mother with a clean birth kit through initiatives like the Mama Kit program. Our policy document is designed to complement these efforts by offering recommendations to ensure that the distribution process is equitable, efficient, and properly monitored. You can access our policy paper on clean birth kits through the link below: https://lnkd.in/dpG7TnJs

In accordance with our mission to educate infant and maternal mortality in Africa. We are hosting a nutrition education webinar on exclusive breastfeeding practices and appropriate complementary feeding. Join us live next Wednesday. You can ask any questions you may have concerning your child's nutrition using the registration link below.👇 https://lnkd.in/dCpZtBh3 #helpmum #exclusivebreastfeeding #ebf #iycf