An offline-first maternal & newborn continuity-of-care platform for undeserved communities in Nigeria connecting pregnant women, CHWs, TBAs, and PHCs through one offline-ready system.
The Full CHW Workflow
Scroll to see the complete PulseCare CHW workflow from login to referral coordination
The CHW opens the app, works through each step, and the system does the coordination automatically
CHW registers the pregnant woman name, age, gestational age, village, assigned CHW. Saved instantly to device. No internet required.
At every home visit, the CHW captures temperature, heart rate, symptoms, and danger sign observations using a structured form.
The structured danger sign checklist guides CHWs through maternal and newborn warning signs. Any flagged sign triggers the risk engine.
High-risk cases generate an automatic SMS alert to the PHC nurse. The referral is tracked until the PHC confirms the patient has arrived.
The PulseCare wearable wristband is a low-cost, solar-powered device that monitors vital signs continuously syncing data to the CHW mobile app during home visits via Bluetooth.
It does not replace CRADLE VSA blood pressure measurement at the PHC. It fills the gap between facility visits detecting early signs of deterioration when no health worker is present.
PHC catches what instruments measure. CHWs catch what communities feel. The wearable monitors what happens in between.
PHC nurses and administrators get a real-time view of every active case, incoming referral, and missed follow-up without waiting for a CHW to arrive.
When a CHW flags a danger sign in the field, an SMS alert fires to the PHC automatically so staff can prepare before the patient arrives.