Archive for August 31st, 2010
Mobile can protect your health
The largest promoter would be the India with 11 projects, South Africa and Uganda, with six each.
This innovative technology would aim to reduce the pressure on the public health systems, says Daniel Carucci, vice president of the health in the Foundation of the United Nations.
In Uganda, for example, a test of multiple choices on HIV / AIDS has been sent to 15,000 subscribers in the network of Celtel of a rural region, inviting them to answer questions and search the evidence.
Users who completed the questionnaire and were given time of free air each time they responded to a question wrong, received a message to inform them of the correct answer.
At the end of the test, an SMS end was sent to motivate the participants to voluntary testing, coming to the advice in a local health center.
One of every five responded and the number of people who came to the evidence in the center, increased from 1000 to 1400 during a period of six weeks, according to the report. Read the rest of this entry »