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Q&A: Creating a Mobile Health Platform That “Just Works” for All
When something “just works”, there’s usually a mini-universe of people, technology and ideas behind it that the rest of us take for granted. Take bar codes for example; they’re ubiquitous, and serve multiple uses for every stage of a product’s manufacture and eventual sale. The tale behind them is an astounding story of vision, foresight, technological progress and, perhaps most importantly, the appropriate wrangling of partners that started with grocers and eventually cut across every industry.
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Canadian Funding Supports Creation of Mobile Blood Lab in India
Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the federal government, is providing $1 million toward the development of a smartphone device that will test for diabetes and other conditions.
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Indonesian Telco Indosat Launches ATM Card to Go with E-Wallet
Indonesian telco company Indosat, in collaboration with Qatar National Bank (QNB), launched a mobile money ATM card this week, CNN Indonesia reports. The card is integrated with Indosat’s ewallet feature Dompetku, which now claims to be the first mobile money provider in Indonesia with a parallel ATM service feature.
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Rwanda: Phone Charging Made Simple
Rwanda's Henri Nyakarundi founded African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED) to give renewable energy solutions to the public and private sectors in his home country Rwanda after failing to find a place to charge his phone from. However, he never imagined that his idea would ever cross the border.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wireless Wallets Open Up Health, Education Models: Early observations from two sectors in Kenya harnessing mobile money
While M-Pesa is not as commonly used in Kenya’s social sectors as one would expect, Bridge International Academies and Penda Health currently use mobile money to extend education and health services to the poor. An on-the-ground evaluation found many differences between the programs but some similarities, too, and opportunities to learn.
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Viewpoint from Justin Rattner: Five Ways Social Entrepreneurs Use Technology to Increase Their Impact
“Technology for the sake of technology is a waste of precious resources. Social entrepreneurs need to understand the deep value that ICT can bring to social change when it is offered in context, with appropriate training, and with the intent of empowering the user. We hope this report inspires many others to take up this challenge in ways we haven’t even begun to imagine.” Justin Rattner, President, Intel INTC -1.2% Foundation.
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Orange, USAID announce mHealth initiative for Africa
Telecom services provider Orange announced its mobile health (mHealth) development initiative with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) – targeting Africa.
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How Selfies Could Detect a Common Deadly Disease
People might take selfies someday to detect a deadly yet treatable medical condition, according to an award-winning team of medical inventors.
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- Health Care, Technology
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