App/Software

In Tanzania, malaria affects 12 million and kills about 70,000 citizens yearly. Techniques for mapping intra-village variations, which would allow targeting of hotspots of residual transmission, are lacking.  A home-based geo-information system developed by this project will identify the hotspots and focus elimination efforts.

In SSA, HIV treatment is now widespread and mortality has dropped 32% since 2005.  HIV-related disability is growing in tandem and rehabilitation training is needed.  The University of Toronto International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation will create an online resource to address this need in SSA, adapted from Canadian practices.

In Kenya, majority (84%) of HIV-infected individuals are not aware of their status and one-third of these reported not testing because they did not perceive themselves to be at risk. We propose to use text messages to raise HIV awareness and increase HIV testing among young women in colleges in rural Kenya.

The Uamuzi Bora project will implement and scale the use of an HIV electronic medical record within the national health system of Kenya. We aim to strengthen pathways of care for HIV by improving referral mechanisms, providing standardised clinical care and improving adherence to treatment and retention in care. Follow Verstergaard Frandsen on Twitter @vesfra"

Using low-cost cell phone technology can improve HIV/AIDS treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings. Our Grand Challenge is to develop this landmark research project into a broadly sustainable mHealth service using innovative business models. Follow WelTel on Twitter @WelTelAfrica"

Nyaya Health has developed a mobile phone system for community health workers in rural Nepal to rapidly publish disease data together with metrics of government primary care quality. This facilitates surveillance and responsiveness of public healthcare.

In urban India today, AddressHealth offers primary and first-contact medical care, dental treatment, vision services, health education, nutrition, psychosocial health and chronic disease interventions to 40,000 urban children through its chain of integrated clinics and comprehensive school programs, with a goal of reaching one million children in low-income schools by 2019. The onsite program in schools is delivered by nurses, supported by a multidisciplinary child health team and a technology platform that includes televideo links and electronic school health records.

Malnutrition, which affects over 230 million Africans, is attributed in part to a lack of trust in, and access to critical information about, new agricultural technologies, development programs and sustainable practices, and low farmer participation in the innovation process. A mobile application developed in Kenya and Nigeria to address the problem of malnutrition by linking farmers with key players in the agricultural sector, in order to facilitate access to relevant information that will improve crop yields, intake of nutritious crops and, ultimately, enhance rural livelihoods.

In Tamil Nadu, India, nearly half of all children with disabilities lack basic education. This exclusion is even more profound in rural communities. This novel project will empower local rehabilitation workers to implement early intervention programs for children with developmental delays. Customized tablet applications are used to coordinate with specialists located remotely, to tailor individualized programs for identified children.

The objectives of this project are: 1) elimination of tuberculosis in Casablanca using m-Health service based on smart medication device and service 2) market expansion to a whole Morocco.