From the Desk of the Founder/CEO, Virtue Oboro
At Tiny Hearts Technology, innovation has never been the end goal. It has always been the starting point.
The real work begins when innovation leaves the prototype stage and enters people’s homes, when it begins to touch lives, support health workers, and strengthen the care journey for mothers and babies.
Today, we are proud to announce a major milestone:
Tiny Hearts Care has officially commenced the recruitment and deployment of nurses for home-based care services.
This marks the beginning of a new phase, one where our technologies, our care models, and our workforce come together to deliver continuity of care beyond the hospital.
Why This Matters Now
Across Nigeria, healthcare facilities are working under immense pressure.
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Neonatal units are full.
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Postnatal wards are stretched.
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Health workers are overburdened.
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Mothers are discharged early, often without structured follow-up support.
Yet the need for care does not end at discharge.
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Babies still require monitoring.
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Mothers are still recovering.
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Families still need guidance.
This is the gap Tiny Hearts Care is stepping in to close, not by replacing hospitals, but by continuing their care safely at home.
Starting With Newborn Jaundice Care
Our first deployment priority is focused on babies diagnosed with jaundice.
Through our home-care pathway powered by the Crib A’glow solar-powered phototherapy system, our nurses:
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Monitor babies receiving phototherapy at home
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Support breastfeeding and feeding routines
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Track vital signs and recovery progress
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Educate caregivers
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Provide structured updates within the care pathway
At the same time, they provide critical support for mothers:
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Postpartum recovery monitoring
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Emotional reassurance
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Guidance in the early days of newborn care
This model ensures that treatment continues while bonding continues.
Care for the Mother Is Care for the Baby
We cannot speak about neonatal survival without speaking about maternal wellbeing.
A recovering mother who is:
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exhausted
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in pain
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overwhelmed
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unsupported
cannot fully participate in her baby’s care.
By deploying trained nurses into the home, we are protecting the fourth trimester, improving breastfeeding success, reducing maternal stress, and strengthening family confidence.
This is not an add-on. This is core neonatal care.
Empowering Health Workers Not Replacing Them
One of the most important parts of this new phase is our workforce model.
Tiny Hearts Care is creating new pathways for nurses to practise with dignity, flexibility, and impact.
Our nurses are:
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specially trained for home-based neonatal and maternal support
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equipped with structured care protocols
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connected to clinical supervision
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deployed within a coordinated care system
This does not pull health workers away from the system. It expands the system into the community while creating new professional opportunities.
Beyond Phototherapy: A Continuum of Care at Home
While our journey begins with newborn jaundice, our vision goes much further.
Tiny Hearts Care is building a home-based care pathway that will support:
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Post-discharge recovery
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Postnatal and newborn care
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Medically fragile patients
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Elderly care
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Long-term condition management
All designed to reduce avoidable hospital congestion, improve recovery outcomes, make care more convenient for families, maintain clinical continuity, and empower healthcare workers.
Convenience Should Not Reduce Quality
For too long, care at home has been seen as informal or unstructured.
We are changing that.
Tiny Hearts Care delivers:
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Protocol-driven nursing care
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Supervised treatment pathways
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Feedback loops within the care journey
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Integration with existing healthcare providers
This is hospital-standard care continued at home.
A Model Built for Our Reality
This work is already expanding across:
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Lagos
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Abuja
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Port Harcourt
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Yenagoa
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Enugu
Because the need is everywhere and so is the opportunity to do better.
The Future We Are Building
We are moving from:
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Device to Care system
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Innovation to Workforce deployment
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Hospital-only care to Continuity of care
This is how health systems become more humane, more efficient, and more accessible. Not by replacing what exists, but by strengthening it.
A Personal Note
As a mother, an innovator, and a health system builder, this phase is deeply personal.
Because this is where:
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Technology meets touch.
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Clinical care meets compassion.
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Innovation meets implementation.
And this is where lives are truly changed.
Join Us
If you are:
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A nurse who wants to be part of this new care pathway
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A hospital seeking continuity-of-care support
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A family in need of structured home care
We are ready to walk this journey with you.
Contact
Website: www.tinyheartshq.com
WhatsApp: +234 806 648 7813
Call: +234 906 893 1605
Tiny Hearts Care
Bringing care closer to families. Strengthening care for hospitals. Empowering the health workforce.
