Title:
FoneAstra : enabling remote monitoring of vaccine cold-chains using commodity mobile phones
Authors:
Chaudhri, Rohit
Place:
[London
Publisher:
Annual symposium on computing for development] (ACM DEV)
Year:
cop. 2010
PAGE:
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Subject:
mHealth in Low-Resource Settings
Keywords:
mobile telecommunication services, information technology, vaccines, developing countries
Abstract:
A low-cost device extending capabilities of low-tier mobile phones is used to remotely monitor the temperature and location of vaccines in a country-wide “cold-chain”. It sends periodic SMS with routine temperature reports or immediate alerts and enables location-tracking of vaccines in transit.
URL:
http://dev2010.news.cs.nyu.edu/papers/14-chaudhri.pdf
Document type:
E-article