Digital security company Gemalto has offered its support to the GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The project will leverage a wide range of communications products, solutions and infrastructures to deliver sustainable and effective m-health support that meets the needs of over 15 million pregnant women and mothers with children under five years old.
Gemalto’s digital security expertise will be availed for the United Nations Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy and the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact programmes.
The first phase of the initiative will be launched across seven countries – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia – in September 2014, extending to a further four – Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania – in early 2015.
“As the world is becoming ever more digital and wireless, we are thrilled to see our solutions being used to support a noble social cause with this initiative,” said Philippe Vallée, chief operating officer (COO) at Gemalto. “There can surely be no clearer illustration of the potential of mobile solutions to fundamentally change the expectations and outcomes of millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
