Beardon, Hannah | [2010]
- Author(s): Beardon, Hannah
- Publisher: Plan Finland
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information technology, communication technology, development strategies, ghana, mali, mozambique, senegal, uganda, cameroon, kenya
This report reflects on the potential of ICTs to enhance programme work of development organizations and impact on poverty, aiming to find innovative and effective ways of putting ICT tools to development ends. It provides a checklist of areas to consider when planning for ICT-enabled development.
Bellina, Livia and Missoni, Eduardo | 2011
- Author(s): Bellina, Livia and Missoni, Eduardo
- Publisher: Springer
- Pages: --
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, scientific apparatus and instruments, health information, distance education, afghanistan, uganda, bangladesh
The objective of our study was to test the appropriateness and educational potential of direct m-phone-based telemicroscopy as a possible application of mobile diagnosis in limited-resource settings, using only the locally available technology.
Bellina, Livia and Missoni, Eduardo | 2009
- Author(s): Bellina, Livia and Missoni, Eduardo
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: telephone, mobile telecommunication services, scientific apparatus and instruments, medical applications
A description of an application with which images can be taken approaching the lens of the mobile cell phone camera to the ocular of common optical microscopes. Images are subsequently sent via Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) to distant reference centres for tele-diagnosis.
Bengtsson, Linus | 2011
- Author(s): Bengtsson, Linus
- Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, disasters, population transfers, disease prevention, haiti
Population movements following disasters can compromise relief assistance. The authors used position data of SIM cards from the largest mobile phone company in Haiti to estimate the magnitude and trends of population movements following the Haiti 2010 earthquake and cholera outbreak.
Berg, Matt and Wariero, James and Modi, Vijay | 2009
- Author(s): Berg, Matt and Wariero, James and Modi, Vijay
- Publisher: Columbia university. Earth institute. ChildCount : with UNICEF Innovation group]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, child health, malnutrition, malaria, data collection, health services, rural health, kenya
In a pilot project in Kenya, community health workers use SMS text messages to register patients and send data to a central platform. The objective is to improve child health and empower health workers in remote areas. The ultimate goal is to mitigate the high mortality of children under five years.