by Sahiba Minhas | Dec 11, 2013 | Design, ICT, Mobile phones, Technology
I recently read about D-Tree’s case study in Malawi on using mobile-based decision trees for Community Case Management (CCM) at the ict4chw google group mailing list, ICT for Community Health Workers. I was impressed by how organisations like D-Tree are using as...
by Jenny Adlem | Oct 2, 2013 | ICT, Technology
Last week saw Mashable’s Social Good Summit taking place in New York. You can read summaries of the talks and discussions that took place on the Mashable website. As I was reading through reports of the talks I was particularly taken by a panel discussion on the...
by Jenny Adlem | Aug 14, 2013 | Design
As mHealth campaigns increase in number around the world the need for careful planning and reviewing results becomes ever emphasised. Although a campaign may work brilliantly in one region it may also flounder and fail in another. Local situations and cultures need to...
by Jenny Adlem | Jun 26, 2013 | Technology
I first became aware of the systemic problem of accessibility for those with visual impairments during a job supporting a visually impaired student. Many battles were fought with lecturers and publishers over obtaining electronic copies of texts and lecture slides so...
by Sunny Yang | Apr 11, 2013 | Technology
Last week was the mobile phone’s 40th birthday! While it seems hard to imagine a world without mobile phones, in 2000 mobile phone penetration in many developing countries was less than 6%. Now, mobile phones are so ubiquitous that it is surprising to see...
