Pregnancy Surveillance System on the Web with SMS Reporting

Abstract

In order to determine whether the maternal health programs are making an impact on the situation and lives of the Filipino mothers, infants and families as a whole, a monitoring system is needed. The surveillance system developed covers women of reproductive age from all over the country. Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) play a vital role in the entering and handling of data from which pregnancy-related reports will be based on. They are allowed to register pregnancies, maternal deaths, and submit outcome, prenatal care and postnatal care reports. The Pregnancy Surveillance System was designed to identify pregnancy, its outcome for mother and infant, and activities such as prenatal and postnatal care health services through the use of the internet and the short messaging service (SMS) of mobile phones. With the system, online viewers can now look at the country's updated and categorized maternal health data and statistics.