Armman

OUR STORY

“One day, during my medical residency, Rupa arrived in labor convulsing with severe hypertension. When I opened her records, I was stunned – to see my own handwriting. I had seen Rupa in the 3rd month of pregnancy. We constantly tell women to access care in the hospitals. Rupa had. But I failed her. I was tormented with guilt – did the overcrowding in the clinic mean that I had not counseled her enough to watch for signs of trouble. To seek regular care?”

Dr. Aparna Hegde, a urogynaecologist and founder of ARMMAN, witnessed many such tragic stories of women and children dying from preventable causes, during her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at one of the prominent public hospitals in Mumbai, Maharashtra. In 2008, Dr. Hegde established ARMMAN to address the avoidable fatalities and disabilities occurring during pregnancy & childbirth.
ARMMAN (Advancing Reduction In Mortality And Morbidity Of Mothers, Children And Neonates) leverages mobile health (mHealth) technology to create cost-effective, scalable, gender transformative, non-linear, systemic solutions to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in India.

We work directly with pregnant women and mothers to improve their health seeking behaviour while building capacities of health workers to ensure efficient antenatal and childhood care, and timely diagnosis, management and referral of high-risk pregnancies.

We adopt a “tech plus touch” approach leveraging the deep mobile penetration in the country, as well as existing health worker networks of the government and partner NGOs to improve health outcomes.

VISION

A world where every mother is empowered and every child is healthy.

MISSION

ARMMAN leverages technology to enable healthy pregnancy and safe childhood by:
  • Addressing systemic gaps in health service delivery by strengthening health systems
  • Promoting healthcare-seeking practices by the community
  • Creating evidence-based, cost-effective, scalable solutions using equity-based and gender-transformative approaches

VALUES

  • Service beyond self
  • Commitment to Vision
  • Transparency
  • Continuous improvement
  • Respect
  • Collaboration
  • Cost efficiency and accountability

MILESTONES