e-registration and mHealth
In the intervention areas, the pregnant mothers will be registered in the FWA e-Register database so that they can be tracked and their schedules can be maintained electronically. The FWAs will visit the pregnant mothers’ homes of their designated unions and register them in the eMIS database using an android tablet computer. eMIS software will be used in the android tablet computer to capture the data. Both online and offline data input can be done and the offline data will be automatically synced to the central database once going online. The FPIs will perform data quality checks, approval, and monthly aggregation of union-level data to the sub-district levels. The aggregated list will be sent to the midwives. Then the midwives will call and send text messages to the pregnant mothers whose expected delivery dates are nearby and counsel them to conduct their deliveries at the healthcare facility. The midwives will call three times in case of a failure of the first two attempts to reach each participant of the intervention arm. The text messages will be tailored beforehand in Bangla and the midwives will be trained on how to counsel the pregnant mothers on facility delivery. Following e-Registration, the mHealth intervention will be given once to the pregnant mothers of the intervention arm during 28–36 weeks of their pregnancy. We expect to evaluate the combined effect of e-Registration tracking and mHealth counseling through this study.