M obile health (mHealth), a segment of eHealth (electronic health), is defined as ‘medical and public health practice by mobile devices such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other wireless devices’ (1). The number of mobile phone subscribers worldwide is approximately 5 billion, and the diffusion of mobile phones in low- and middle-income countries is happening faster than any other infrastructural development. Various leaders in low- and middle-income countries have shown interest in mobile technology interventions as complementary approaches to delivering health care information. AccordingtoRonsmansandGraham ,maternalhealth is one of the most important indicators of the success of
a country’s health system, and maternal mortality rates are still predominantly high in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. The Safe Motherhood Initiative is a framework to tackle and improve maternal health globally and the target for the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) is to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between 1990 and 2015. Considering these goals it may be especially pertinent to consider relevant ways to tackle maternal morbidity and mortality in resource-poor settings. Lund et al.
claim that maternal health interventions involving mobile phone usage increased access to antenatal care (ANC) services in Zanzibar. This finding may indicate that mHealth interventions in low-income settings would be one important means to improve health outcomes.