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ROBO Calls for Health - a developing country proposal

Challenges Entered: 

A Problem in many developing countries is that many people who require medical care for chronic illnesses (high pretension and diabetes) and child health (Pre and post natal) often forget their appointment or to maintain their home treatment plan.    Such situations result in HIV AIDS, loss of ability to work (resulting in economic stress and poverty) premature death including high infant mortality rates. Most of these individuals already have mobile phones through which they can be reached by health care system (village, district, national level).   Through phone calls and/or text messaging patients would be reminded of their appointments and/or home treatments. Benefits/Expected Outcomes: Improved physical health of patients, reduced emotional and financial stress on families, healthier work force, Increased life span, Domestic population health database and a computerized data system of births and deaths, tool for monitoring health of population at national, district and family level especially in countries where health system is government dependent.

Project Details
Project Assessment
Financial support: 
No
Project goals: 
Phase 1: Initial entries completed over three month period  at a village level.
Identified Obstacles: 
Lack of political will on part of government. Infrastructure to support mobile technology

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