SirAlvinAmisi/Mama-Africa---Maternity-Companion-for-African-Mums

CCI phase 5 project for moringa school # 🤰🏾 Mama Africa - Maternity Companion for African Mums **Mama Africa** is a culturally-grounded maternity platform designed to empower African mothers with personalized pregnancy tracking, localised content, expert Q&A, community support, and health resource recommendations. --- ## 🌍 Features ### 🧑‍⚕️ For Mums - Track pregnancy milestones (auto-calculates EDD & weekly updates) - Ask health professionals questions - Join trimester-based communities - Get nutritional advice with seasonal local foods - Upload scans and manage medical reminders - Follow topics by trimester ### 👩🏽‍⚕️ For Health Professionals - Request verification (with license check) - Post articles (reviewed by admin) - Answer mum questions and view scans - Recommend trusted clinics - Flag misinformation ### 🛡️ For Admins - Approve/reject flagged content - Manage all users and verify professionals - View statistics and send notifications - Moderate community posts and comments --- ## 🛠️ Tech Stack | Component | Tech | |------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frontend | React + Vite + Tailwind + Axios + Socket.IO | | Backend | Flask + Flask-SocketIO + SQLAlchemy + JWT + Flask-CORS | | Database | PostgreSQL | | Real-Time | WebSockets (chat, notifications, Q&A) | | Deployment | Render (Backend) + Vercel/Netlify (Frontend) | --- ## 🚀 Getting Started ### 🔧 Prerequisites - Node.js (v16+) - Python (v3.10+) - PostgreSQL - Virtualenv (optional) ### 🧪 Backend Setup ```bash # Clone repo and enter server directory cd server python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # or venv\Scripts\activate for Windows pip install -r requirements.txt # Setup environment variables cp .env.example .env # …