What is the Business Model of FrontlineSMS: Medic? Interview with Co-Founder, Josh Nesbit
Josh Nesbit explains the business model that supports FrontlineSMS: Medic, the mobile phone platform providing health info in developing countries via SMS.
How To Improve Maternal Health & Achieve Millennium Development Goal #5?
Women Deliver 2010, a global conference focused on solutions to achieve Millennium Development Goal #5, Improve Maternal Health, takes place in Washington DC this week.
How Mobile SMS Saves Lives in Africa | Josh Nesbit, Co-Founder of FrontlineSMS Medic
In this week’s interview, Josh Nesbit, Co-Founder of FrontlineSMS Medic, shares the behind-the-scenes story that inspired him to start FrontlineSMS Medic, an international organization that uses mobile technology to connect health workers in rural communities in developing countries. The service, now deployed in ten countries, saves community health workers’ time which allows them to treat [...]
Travel The World & Help People w/AIDS, Malaria, & TB | MASSIVEGOOD
Tapping into the power of social networks and social media to reach millions online worldwide, MASSIVEGOOD launched today with the goal to raise awareness and funds to support UNITAID’s life-saving efforts to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Created via a private-public partnership between leaders in the travel and tourism industry and the Millennium Foundation, MASSIVEGOOD [...]
Elizabeth Scharpf, Founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises [SHE], on Africa & Entrepreneuriship
We met up with Elizabeth Scharpf, Founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises [SHE], at Africa Social Enterprise Forum in NYC this past week. Hear what Elizabeth has to say about the promise of social enterprise for development in Africa. Ever thought about starting a business you are passionate about, but are concerned about taking the leap [...]
Interview with Alison Bloch, m-Health Advisor at GSMA | How Mobile Phones Help Improve Health
How is mobile being used in emerging markets to improve the lives of people living on less than $2/day? In what innovative ways are health providers using mobile phones to diagnose diseases like malaria, HIV, & TB? What is m-Health Alliance and how are UN Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation working together to develop [...]
