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First-Ever Free Mobile Health Service Text4baby Provides Health Tips to Pregnant Women, New Moms and Addresses Rising U.S. Infant Mortality Rates

Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.

A new campaign plans to use text messages to reach mothers-to-be across the country. The "text4baby" campaign for expectant mothers is being announced today. Pregnant women can sign up for weekly messages timed to their due date, with tips on subjects like nutrition and immunization.

The new service, announced by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at a health technology conference in Washington, D.C., aims to use one of the most widely used technologies in America-the mobile phone-to promote maternal and child health.

The Federal Chief Technology Officer and an Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Aneesh Chopra announced today the launch of text4baby - an unprecedented mobile health public-private partnership - designed to promote maternal and child health among underserved women. Text4baby - the first-ever free mobile health service in the United States-provides timely and expert health information through SMS text messages to pregnant women and new moms through their babies' first year.

Voxiva , a global leader in mobile health information services, today announced the launch of text4baby, the first free mobile health service in the United States. The service, which is designed to improve maternal and child health by sending timely and relevant health information directly to mothers' personal mobile phones, is built on Voxiva's interactive mobile health platform which is used around the world to engage and support people in managing their health conditions and live healthier lives.