Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Video Footage of FrontlineSMS:Medic in Action

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:14:16 +0000

@Isaac – thanks for checking it out Isaac! Thanks so much for providing another level of understanding of what is going on in the video. Capacity building…sort of like the old saying of teaching people how to fish. Kudos

@Menekse – I appreciate you stopping by -there are a ton of resources out there on mHealth initiatives. Shoot me an email and I can get you some.

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Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:02:37 +0000

[...] Andre Blackman posted this video of our SMS training at Pulse + Signal: [...]

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Mobile Phones for Global Health Links (VI) | — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:06:07 +0000

[...] Update, add at least one more to the list: 18. Via Pulse + Signal EXCLUSIVE: Video Footage of FrontlineSMS:Medic in Action, link [...]

By: Menekse

Menekse — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:25:07 +0000

Very cool! Can someone explain how they’re using the mobile phone for the mHealth initiatives? Specifically, what types of information are they sending/using and for what purpose? I’m very interested in this space, but know very little about it (my area is mobile financial services). Thanks!

By: Isaac Holeman

Isaac Holeman — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:36:46 +0000

Nice post Andre,
Just wanted to say how cool I think it is that the training is happening in Chichewa. This training wasn’t and couldn’t have been led by Josh or just any other tech savvy north american. Josh started by teaching the (bi-lingual) local teacher, and now this local teacher can continue to train new community health workers (in Chichewa) long after Josh leaves the clinic. The FrontlineSMS:Medic technology is neat, but the key to what we’re doing is building the capacity of local health workers on multiple levels.
cheers
Isaac
(full disclosure: I’m on the sms:medic team