An mHealth Framework to Improve Birth Outcomes in Benue State, Nigeria: A Study Protocol

Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue   ¹ , MD, MPH, FAAP, FIDA ;   Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi   ¹ , MBBS, MPH ;   John Olajide Olawepo   ² , MBBS, MSc ;   Juliet Iwelunmor   ³ , PhD ;   Daniel Sarpong   ⁴ , PhD ;   Chuka Eze   ⁵ , MSc ;   Amaka Ogidi   ⁶ , MSc ;   Dina Patel   ¹ , RN, MSN, PNP ;   Chima Onoka   ⁶ , MBBS, MPH, PhD

¹ Global Health Initiative, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, United States

² Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

³ Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

⁴ Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education, Xavier University, Louisiana, LA, United States

⁵ Vitira LLC, Arlington, VA, United States

⁶ University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria