Health Book for Mothers and Children Told Through Pictures: Spreading to Sierra Leone Based on Japan's Handbook
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Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, has high rates of maternal mortality and under-five child mortality. In this country, a booklet modeled on Japan's Maternal and Child Health Handbook is proving useful as a means of connecting people to medical care.
A major feature of this booklet is that it conveys information through pictures. To make the content understandable even for people who have difficulty reading, it shows the changes in the body and the importance of health management through illustrations.
Japan's Maternal and Child Health Handbook is issued by municipalities when a pregnancy is confirmed, and is used to record prenatal checkups, vaccinations, and children's growth. The approach to protecting the health of mothers and children is considered to be useful for mothers and families in Sierra Leone as well, and it was incorporated into the creation of the booklet.
This initiative is an example of a system born in Japan spreading as one way of supporting the health of mothers and children overseas. For people who find it difficult to use medical facilities, the booklet with illustrations is expected to become a source of information that leads to life-saving actions.
Sources: 朝日新聞
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