Posted by Claudio in 
Bookmark or ShareIn just 6 months at a hospital in rural Malawi… 150 patients received emergency care, community health workers saved 1,000 hours of travel time which they used to visit more patients, the number of people being treated for Tuberculosis doubled, and the hospital saved $3500 worth of fuel, which was used to purchase medication. All this was possible just by donating old phones. We all have them, they are sitting there in some drawer dusty and all scratched yet we are afraid to throw them away. Well now we can get them to work again for a good cause.
Health workers trained to text message and a nurse responding to an emergency care request.
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