By Medinat Kanabe
As governments increasingly embrace digital technology to improve healthcare delivery, one critical question is often overlooked: who are these digital solutions really designed for?
The conversation is especially important in maternal healthcare, where access to timely information and services can mean the difference between life and death. In Nigeria, where many women still contend with long distances to health facilities, poor internet connectivity, language barriers and limited digital literacy, technology cannot simply be innovative, it must also be accessible.
These issues are at the heart of Designing Health Apps for Women in Rural Areas: An Accessibility-First Approach, a paper by Senior UX Designer and Product Leader Kehinde Agbaje.
Drawing examples from Nigeria, Ghana, India, the United States and Scotland, Agbaje argues that the women who are most likely to experience poor maternal health outcomes are often the least considered when digital health platforms are designed.
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