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Mobiles in Malawi a rural healthcare initiative
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Mobiles in Malawia rural healthcare initiative

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Namitete, Malawi

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St. Gabriel’s Hospital

- 1/4 million people

- 100 miles in each direction

- 2 doctors

- 400+ CHWs

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FrontlineSMS + Healthcare

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Recycled cell phones

$10/handset

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Labels

ID #s

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CHW Training

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Now...• Requests for remote patient care

• Tracking patients and doing follow-ups via SMS

• Auto-replies with correct drug dosage/usage info

• HIV + TB drug adherence records

• Patient status records

• Coordinate and mobilize

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Medical response

• 130 patients in 5 months

• 500 hrs saved

• 520 patient updates

• $1,000 in fuel saved

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400 ART adherence updates

900 hours of travel time saved

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700 hours of follow-up time saved

$2,000 in motorbike fuel saved

100 new patients enrolled in TB treatment program

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CHW in village with cell phone

FrontlineSMS at hospital

to

Gmail

to

iPhone at Stanford

to

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Translate Chichewa to English, and code every SMS...

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Symptoms within incoming text messages

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Things we had to figure out, on the ground:

1. Getting communication credit to the CHWs

2. Charging the phones

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“34_Units”

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What I’m doing now

Malawi, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia, Mozambique, India, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Peru, Bangladesh, Haiti


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