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Open source framework built by open source community for building SMS-based systems

Open source framework built by open source community for building SMS-based systems Build on existing working practices with an appropriate technology Simple cell phones paired with powerful backend. The story starts in:. It started in. Ethiopia. Malawi. The story starts in:. It started in.

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Open source framework built by open source community for building SMS-based systems

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  1. Open source framework built by open source community for building SMS-based systems • Build on existing working practices with an appropriate technology • Simple cell phones paired with powerful backend

  2. The story starts in: It started in Ethiopia Malawi

  3. The story starts in: It started in Malawi

  4. SMS as sent by health care worker: MUAC +28 105 E V D CODE Patient ID MUAC (mm) Edema (E/N) Symptoms Immediate SMS response received by health care worker: MUAC> Child +28 Fatimata Diallo F/13M has SAM+. Please bring child in for IMMEDIATE inpatient care.

  5. Beyond a mhealth application • Scale as a constraint • Utility for end users • Reinforcing existing communication channels • Enabling environment – building a local tech community

  6. Improving health systems? • Appropriate technologies and users • Partnerships • Baseline – what does this change? • Data for action

  7. Thank You! Learn More: www.unicefinnovation.org www.rapidsms.org Join In: http://github.com/rapidsms/rapidsms irc.freenode.net | #rapidsms Erica Kochi: ekochi@unicef.org Twitter: @uniemk

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