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Information Communication Technologies for Development

Trevor Perrier and Nicola Dell. Information Communication Technologies for Development. What we do. About us. South Africa July 2008- October 2011. ICTD Motivation. Mobile vs Land line phones. * World Bank data set. ICTD Motivation. Cell phones per 100 people. USA. Word. India.

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Information Communication Technologies for Development

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  1. Trevor Perrier and Nicola Dell Information Communication Technologies for Development

  2. What we do

  3. About us South Africa July 2008- October 2011

  4. ICTD Motivation Mobile vs Land line phones * World Bank data set

  5. ICTD Motivation Cell phones per 100 people USA Word India Sub-Saharan Africa * World Bank data set

  6. ICTD Motivation Sub-Saharan Africa 12.5% of the world’s population 25% of the world’s burden of disease 3% of the world’s health workers

  7. Enable Community Health Works

  8. Open Data Kit

  9. ODK Scan Problem: Large amounts of paper based data being manually entered. Solution: Local processing and digitalization of paper forms using an Android phone.

  10. ODK Diagnostics • Automatic reading of rapid diagnostic tests. • HIV • Malaria • Diabetes

  11. Spirosmart Measure lung function with the microphone on a phone.

  12. Digital Public Health • Key messages around maternal health • Locally created videos • Facilitated showings at mothers’ groups.

  13. Mobile WaCH Connecting mothers to the Kenyan Health System

  14. Capstone : Technology for Resource Constrained Environments Water Time Measure water usage and gather in Ethiopia Portable Ultra Sound Laptop based ultra sound device for midwives Milk Banking Monitoring the local pasteurization of breast milk for HIV positive women.

  15. Questions?

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