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]]>Voxiva: Remote Healthcare Communications
The Challenge: Infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and cholera account for half of all deaths in developing countries. The rural poor are disproportionately affected due in large part to poor communication between the affected areas and domestic and international health agencies, which hampers efforts to control the spread of such diseases.
The Innovation: Because cell phones – unlike computers with Internet access – are quite prevalent in developing countries, Voxiva has developed a communication system that allows rural healthcare workers to enter a patient’s
symptoms or condition directly into an online database via cell phone, providing officials with immediate information on the extent of an outbreak.
IMPACT: Using existing phones reduces the cost of a communication system by 40%, requires minimal training, and allows for a faster and more appropriate response. Read more…
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