Access to healthcare facility is a fundamental problem with the vulnerable communities living in urban India. The rise in urban population below poverty line has caused alarming concerns in the last decade. One of the main concerns being access to healthcare facility in India. The access to healthcare is confined to the local knowledge of health center or being a resident in a area. With high rise in urban migratory population, existing ecosystem is not able to cater to the needs of the patients.

Among the vulnerable population in the country maternal well being suffer severe health risks. India is one of the countries which show significantly high rates of maternal and newborn deaths. The project aims to investigate the possibilities of a design intervention to improve maternal well being among the vulnerable communities in the country.

There are three different stages in maternal well being: Pre Birth Child Care, Institutional Delivery Care and Post Birth Child Care. Studies have proved that proved that improvement in pre birth care can improve the other stages of maternal wellbeing. The project aims to understand the healthcare ecosystem of ANC in India. And how mobile health (a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices.) can contribute to the pre birth care services in maternal healthcare.

The project focuses to demonstrate that the mobile health intervention (in the form of decision support, reminders, educational messages and report) will have positive impact on delivery and ANC practices in health facilities possibly through the monitoring of health workers.