Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityLiving Lab

(Formal Name still to be decided upon)

Prof Darelle van Greunen School of ICT Darelle.vanGreunen@nmmu.ac.za

Urban Site – Motherwell, Port Elizabeth

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Chairperson of the BoardDr Mamisa Chabula Nxiweni

What happens at Emmanuel?• Established primarily to deal with the growing number of adults and children

infected or affected by HIV and AIDS. It functions with strategic partners and is funded through a Trust founded by Dr Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni in 2004.

• Provide prevention, treatment, care and support to the community.

• To create an enabling environment for mitigating the health, psychological and socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS on the family and community.

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Focus of Port Elizabeth Living LabHealthcare systems:

- Biometrics for chronic conditions monitoring (310 home-based carers) Diseases:  TB, diabetes, hypertension

• Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) monitoring and administering appropriate medication

• Specialised training system for community healthcare

• Monitoring of sputum tests and results for chronic conditions

Agriculture:

• Use of ICT to enable sustainable agriculture and village farming Tips and tricks of preparing soil, disease control, harvest

Entrepreneurs:

• Use of ICT to train small entrepreneurs in basic business activities (e.g. stock take, profit, etc)

• Use of ICT to assist small entrepreneurs to remain sustainable

 

All of these projects will have the focus of the following:

ICT intervention

Mentorship

Measuring the user experience of users using the technology

Determining the impact on the individuals as well as the broader community

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What?

 All of these projects will have the focus of the following:

ICT intervention

Mentorship

Measuring the user experience of users using the technology

Determining the impact on the individuals as well as the broader community

Project Lead

Prof Darelle van Greunen, School of ICT, NMMU

Assisted by:

Prof Dalenca Pottas (Health Informatics)

Ms Alida Veldsman (Practitioner and Lab Manager to be)

Dr Mamisa Chabula Nxiweni (Medical doctor)

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Collaboration with MachaWorks Project in Zambia (Gertjan van Stam) & Fraunhofer Focus (Portugal and Germany)

Current Process

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Process description Status

Identify who and then what Completed

Consult with other LL – business plans etc

Completed

Identify stakeholders Completed

Consultation with stakeholders- NMMU support- Faculty support (Engineering, IT)- NMMU Nursing Sciences- NMMU Pharmacy- Buy-in from community

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Identify suitable funding instruments In-progress

Application for funding Register with LLISA

In-progress