The Economist has a special report on the transformative impact of cell phones in the developing world - a technology that we view as an enabler and multiplier of global health devices.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Expanded applications for Mobile phones in developing countries
The Economist has a special report on the transformative impact of cell phones in the developing world - a technology that we view as an enabler and multiplier of global health devices.
Tapping into a library of answers using cell-phones
I saw this article in today's New York Times about "Question Box" an answering service that people in the Uganda call into with their cell-phones and citizen-librarians scour the web for answers and call them right back. A simple solution that empowers and catalyzes development!
I was struck by the fact that these citizen-librarians are paid in cell-phone minutes ...similar to our approach to TB Therapeutic Compliance - XoutTB!
Microchipped BP Pills Remind Patients to Take Their Meds
Someone at a conference recently alerted me to this approach to compliance. Those are some tiny chips!
Microchipped BP Pills Remind Patients to Take Their Meds
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Microchipped BP Pills Remind Patients to Take Their Meds
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