BBC NEWS | Technology | Texting disease away - 4 views
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he scheme was set up following the deaths of two Peruvian sailors in 2001 from malaria and is part of a wider mHealth project by the United Nations-Vodafone Foundation.
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jonathan i on 22 Feb 10The issue presented here is found through a group of people that hae fallen to a case of malaria that brokeout within in the region. -
jonathan i on 22 Feb 10this relates to the cases study because of the possiblity of an outbreak of a disease. the lack of communication and the amount of medical supplies and training would leave the people in bad shape that may leave them in a bad state.
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The US navy helped establish the product and a firm called Voxiva developed the technical aspects, under advice from Ernesto Gozzer, a doctor who specialises in public health.
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A mobile phone-based health project is helping the Peruvian military to keep disease at bay. -
A mobile phone-based health project is helping the Peruvian military to keep disease at bay.