Health department pilots extreme weather alerts for pregnant women
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The health department is piloting a scheme to alert pregnant women and mothers of infants of dangerously high temperatures, combining data from the SA Weather Service with its MomConnect app.
MomConnect is being used by more than 422,500 women who receive targeted SMS and WhatsApp messages based on the developmental stage of their foetus or young child...
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