PART 4.2

PART 4.2

Women and their babies were dying from complications of home labor and delivery. Nana and her colleagues were pretty sure that they understood the problem. They thought this was happening because when the women went into labor they had no way to get themselves to their local healthcare facility. They thought that transportation to healthcare facilities that was local, affordable, and accessible was needed. Yet even after MAZA implemented motorized tricycles operated by local drivers in the community to transport women to healthcare facilities, the women were not going to the healthcare facilities. They were not using the transportation even when transportation was provided for free. Nana and her team realized that they were trying to solve the wrong problem. The problem was not a lack of transportation. They realized that they needed to start over and understand the problem better.

FEATURING

Dr. Nana Twum Danso, Senior Vice President, Global Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Founder and CEO of MAZA