Just a quick reminder that we will be having Change tomorrow.
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*What*: Samia Razaq - Maternal and Child Health Projects in Pakistan
*When:* Tuesday, Feb 17 at 12pm
*Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203
Please join us this week for Change. Smaia Razaq from ITU-Punjab will
be presenting information needs surrounding maternal health awareness in
Pakistan.
*Abstract:*
Pakistan has the third highest maternal deaths in South Asia. Globally,
more than 350,000 women die each year from preventable complications
linked to pregnancy. Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is relatively higher
in developing countries with a concentration in rural and underserved
communities. In Pakistan around 30,000 women die each year due to the
pre and postnatal complications.
In this talk Samia Razaq talks about three maternal health mHealth
initiatives from ITU-Punjab to address these issues. Projects include an
SMS and IVR system to inform women about family planning, pre-maternal
illness and general health, a digitized Android based IMCI protocol
being deployed at Ganga Ram hospital, and work on digitizing
immunization records. All three projects help alleviate health
information gaps among women, communities and health officials.
*About the speaker:*
Samia Razaq completed her Masters in Computer Sciences from the School
of Science and Engineering (SSE) at LUMS. During her time at LUMS, she
was part of the research lab, Neighborhood for Emerging World
Technologists (NEWT). As part of her research work she worked in the
area of ICTD and Language Technologies and worked on several
collaborative projects with the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Currently, Samia is teaching the D-Lab course at ITU-Punjab, which is
inspired from D-Lab MIT, where she hopes to relay her knowledge of 6
years of research in robotics and ICT4D to the students. She believes
that a person can better impact the world, by building solutions and
designing systems that facilitate the development of the world.
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