Do mothers pick up a phone? A cross-sectional study on delivery of MCH voice messages in Lagos, Nigeria.

Background: Voice messages have been employed as an effective and efficient approach for increasing health service utilization and health promotion in low- and middle-income countries. However, unlike SMS, voice message services require their users to pick up a phone call at its delivery time. Furthermore, voice messages are difficult for the users to review their contents afterward.

Socioeconomic barriers to facility-based delivery in urban poor communities of Lagos: Wealth, linguistic capacity, and residential area.

Background: The objective of this study is to describe delivery care utilizations and to identify socioeconomic barriers to practicing facility-based deliveries, in urban poor communities of Lagos, Nigeria.

Methods: The study was a prospective cohort study conducted in Lagos Mainland, a local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria. A total of 723 randomly selected pregnant women participated in this study.

Cost-effectiveness of SMS appointment reminders in increasing vaccination uptake in Lagos, Nigeria: A multi-centered randomized controlled trial.

Objective: It is expected that mHealth largely contribute to increasing the coverages of key maternal and child health services. This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the SMS text reminders in clients' return visits to the health facilities for child vaccinations (incl. vitamin A supplementations), antenatal care (ANC) and family planning (FP), in urban communities of Lagos, Nigeria.