Maternity and child health records, from antenatal care to growth monitoring
Antenatal visits, labour with the partograph, the newborn, postnatal care, the EPI schedule and growth charts — one record per mother and child, with the HMIS return built from it. With or without a labour ward.
The problems we hear from maternity and MCH units
Children who start vaccines and never finish
Most children get BCG at birth. Far fewer reach the third pentavalent dose — and the drop happens after the facility already has the child on its books.
One birth, three records that disagree
The delivery register, the woman’s folder and her card are each filled in separately — and the monthly report is counted from whichever one is nearest.
A partograph filled in after the fact
A loose sheet in a busy labour ward is completed late or not at all, and it rarely stays with the mother’s record.
Women lost between ANC, delivery and postnatal care
A woman who comes for antenatal care but delivers elsewhere, or never returns after the birth, disappears from the list without anyone seeing it.
Growth plotted by hand
Weights in a register, z-scores worked out on a chart on the wall — and a faltering child spotted months late.
Registers and the monthly HMIS return
The same deliveries and vaccinations are tallied again at month-end for the woreda, from the registers, by hand.
What you get on day one
Know which child missed which dose
The Ethiopian EPI schedule is on every child’s vaccination card, with due and missed doses shown before the month ends — not after.
One birth, recorded once
Labour with the partograph, the delivery, the newborn record and birth notification all sit on the mother’s and baby’s records — and the HMIS count comes from the same entry.
Growth charts plotted for you
WHO growth charts with z-scores, growth monitoring sessions and acute-malnutrition programmes, with field screens on the phone for growth and postnatal visits.
The return built from the work
Monthly, quarterly and annual HMIS returns on the official reporting calendar, with a DHIS2 export keyed by FMOH indicator code.
The modules maternity and MCH units use
Every facility gets the core. Add-ons are switched on only where you need them.
Maternity & Child Health
From antenatal care to growth monitoring, with or without a labour ward.
- Labour and delivery with the partograph
- Newborn record and birth notification
- Postnatal care, IMNCI and growth monitoring
- Acute-malnutrition programmes
Sexual & Reproductive Health
The registers a youth-friendly service keeps, including work done away from the building.
- Family planning and antenatal care visits
- HIV testing and counselling, and STI cases
- Counselling sessions and the youth client profile
- Community outreach recorded without a visit or a bill
Specialty Charting
Specialty packs that install the forms, diagnoses and service catalogue a department needs.
- Ophthalmology, cardiology, dermatology and psychiatry packs
- Specialty diagnosis menus and examination forms
- Dental: tooth chart with history, per-tooth procedures, periodontal charting and treatment plans that turn into bills
- WHO growth charts with z-scores for children
HMIS & Surveillance
The national returns a facility is legally required to file, produced from the work already recorded.
- Monthly, quarterly and annual HMIS service return on the official reporting calendar
- OPD and IPD disease returns by sex and age band
- DHIS2 export keyed by FMOH indicator code
- Notifiable-disease alerts and the weekly IDSR return
Notifications
Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS and push from your own templates, with proof of what arrived.
- Appointment reminders and facility messages
- Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS, and mobile push
- Editable message templates
- Quiet hours
Mobile App
The facility in a pocket for staff, and still readable when the connection drops.
- Patients, appointments, queue and triage on the phone
- Invoices, payments, and payment proof capture
- Medical records and lab results
- Field screens for postnatal and growth-monitoring visits
Inpatient Wards
Wards, beds and the stay itself — from the admission waiting list to the discharge clearance.
- Ward board with bed census and patients waiting for a bed
- Admissions, transfers and discharges, with the bed charged per night
- Medication administration record (MAR) with dose slots, holds and witnessed controlled drugs
- Nursing observations, progress notes and rounds list, sickest first
Operating Theatre
Sessions, case booking and a WHO safety checklist the system actually enforces.
- Procedure catalogue tied to priced services
- Theatre sessions and case booking with clash checks
- WHO surgical safety checklist: consent and sign-in, time-out, sign-out
- Theatre register with its four times, and a recovery board
From the first ANC visit to the last vaccine
- 01
Antenatal care
ANC contacts on the woman’s record, with the next visit booked and a reminder sent.
- 02
Labour
Labour and delivery recorded with the partograph — on a ward if you have one, as a register entry if you do not.
- 03
The newborn
The baby gets a record of their own, with the birth notification raised from the delivery.
- 04
Postnatal care
Postnatal contacts in the facility, or on the phone during a home visit.
- 05
Vaccines and growth
The EPI schedule shows what is due and missed; growth is plotted with WHO z-scores.
- 06
Report
The month’s deliveries, vaccinations and visits come out as the HMIS return and DHIS2 export.
What maternity and MCH units ask us
Is there a digital partograph?
Yes. Labour and delivery are recorded with the partograph.
Does it follow the Ethiopian EPI schedule?
Yes, with due and missed doses shown on each child’s vaccination card.
Does it plot WHO growth charts?
Yes, with z-scores, alongside growth monitoring sessions and acute-malnutrition programmes.
Do we need a labour ward to use it?
No. Deliveries are recorded as register entries in facilities without a ward; facilities with the Inpatient module admit the mother to a bed.
Can it produce our HMIS report?
Yes. Monthly, quarterly and annual HMIS returns on the official calendar, plus a DHIS2 export keyed by FMOH indicator code. It produces the export; submitting it to DHIS2 stays with your HMIS focal person.
Can we do home postnatal visits on a phone?
There are mobile field screens for postnatal and growth-monitoring visits. They need a connection to save; offline, the app is for viewing only.
Does it cover family planning and abortion care?
Yes. Family planning and ANC visits are in the SRH module, and comprehensive abortion care is in Maternity & Child Health.
The research behind this page
Ethiopia's first full DHS in nine years: what moved and what stalled
The EDHS 2024–25 Key Indicators Report is the first national demographic and health survey since 2016. Maternal and child survival improved sharply. Nutrition and routine immunisation did not.
One in five children unvaccinated: reading the dropout curve
20% of Ethiopian children aged 12–23 months have received no vaccinations at all. But the more actionable number is the gap between the first dose and the last — a tracking failure, not an access failure.
Reporting on time and reporting correctly are different problems
Ethiopia runs one of the world's largest DHIS2 deployments — 30,000+ facilities, 95% reporting rates. The national maturity assessment scores data quality and infrastructure far lower. Submitting a report and submitting a correct one are not the same achievement.
Also built for
View allHealth centers
Every programme register on one record, with the HMIS return built from the work.
HOSPITALSHospitals
Wards, theatre, ED, lab, imaging and the running bill on one record.
NGO & PROGRAMME SITESNGO & programme sites
ART, TB and SRH registers, cohort reports and outreach on one record, with sensitive charts sealed.
Bring last month’s MCH register
We will show you how the same month would look on one record — and how the HMIS return would have come out of it.