Open source framework built by open source community for building SMS-based systems

Build on existing working practices with an appropriate technology

Simple cell phones paired with powerful backend

Malawi

The story starts in:It started in

Ethiopia

Malawi

The story starts in:It started in

CODE Patient ID MUAC (mm) Edema (E/N) Symptoms

MUAC +28 105 E V D

MUAC> Child +28 Fatimata Diallo F/13M has SAM+.Please bring child in for IMMEDIATE inpatient care.

SMS as sent by health care worker:

Immediate SMS response received by health care worker:

Beyond a mhealth application

Scale as a constraint

Utility for end users

Reinforcing existing communication channels

Enabling environment – building a local tech community

Improving health systems?

Appropriate technologies and users

Partnerships

Baseline – what does this change?

Data for action

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