Safe Pregnancy and Birth app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Hesperian Health Guides
First release : 28 Jan 2012
App size: 36.11 Mb
Safe Pregnancy and Birth provides accurate, easy-to-understand information on pregnancy, birth, and care after birth. Clear illustrations and plain language make this award-winning app practical and user-friendly for community health workers, midwives, and individuals and their families. Free and small to download, this app includes both English and Spanish and works offline.
INSIDE THE APP:
• staying healthy during pregnancy – how to eat well, what to check during pregnancy, how to manage nausea and other common complaints
• making birth safer – supplies to have ready before birth, how to help during each stage of labor, recognizing warning signs and when emergency care is needed
• care after birth – how to care for the baby and parent immediately after birth, and in the first week, including post-partum depression and breastfeeding support
• how-to information – quickly reference essential health care skills by topic
• pregnancy calculator
Safe Pregnancy and Birth App complements and supports the work of midwives, birth attendants, health educators, and communities to improve maternal and child health around the world. Like all apps from Hesperian Health Guides, it has been community-tested and vetted by medical professionals. This app does not collect personal information.
Once downloaded, the app does not require an internet connection. If connected, users will be able to access links to additional information on sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and resources for LGBTQIA+ people and people with disabilities.
Latest reviews of Safe Pregnancy and Birth app for iPhone and iPad
This app is comprehensive, easy to navigate, and full of accessible information. No physician needed for translation of this lifesaving information. Anyone traveling overseas to work with health workers or midwives should have this app!
This app is easy to use and the info is practical. A must for ppl in public and womens health fields, and a useful tool for people traveling abroad and people who just want simple, clear, and accessible information on pregnancy and womens health.
I love this incredible app! It was developed by Hesperian Health Guides, the folks that develop and publish “Where There Is No Doctor”. Their focus is helping poor people around the world take control of their own health. Their Safe Pregnancy app, like all their material, uses simple language without “medicalese”, is beautifully illustrated and medically accurate. The app concisely offers excellent advice on preventative care, pre-natal monitoring and support, as well as detailed, potentially lifesaving information on how to respond to danger signs during pregnancy and birth. Unlike most medical texts, which make the assumption that you already know the specifics (often rendering their information useless), this app offers step-by-step instructions on how to carry out each procedure with medications and technology available in developing countries. Their instructions could easily be followed by village healthworkers and midwives. I highly recommend this app to anyone, such as students, NGO workers, Peace Corp volunteers, and missionaries, who work in areas where women do not have ready access to medical care. You literally could save a life.
Reliable, complete & easy to understand information on pregnancy & birth. I would recommend this app to all health workers, non profits working with pregnant immigrant & refugee women and people traveling abroad.
Fabulous app! Really easy to use and informative. Highest quality medical and health advice. I highly recommend to everyone.