Introduction
Despite documented reductions in maternal and child mortality during the era of the Millennium Development Goals [SMS text message–based dissemination was originally chosen to make MomConnect universally accessible to mothers with basic (nonsmart) cell phones [Short, animated storytelling (SAS) videos constitute a promising new approach to public health education that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The development of this approach was catalyzed by the necessity for rapid, accessible global communication of critical health messages [Animation has been shown to support patient education [In this study, named the “Amandla Mama” study [The specific aims of this study are: (1) to measure the effect of watching the Amandla Mama SAS video series on knowledge of maternal and neonatal health, and (2) to measure user satisfaction associated with the Amandla Mama SAS video series.