This is the ninth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts. In this latest post Aurelio Gomes, who works out of Universidade Catolica de Mocambique, explains their use of the software in monitoring and improving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) compliance among rural communities in Mozambique Thanks to the US President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), … Continue reading Where compliance is king
Category: FrontlineSMS Guest Posts
Guest posts from the FrontlineSMS community: users, NGOs and developers share how they use text messaging for social good around the world.
Missions look to SMS in Nigeria
This is the eighth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts. Here, Mike Blyth – Computer Systems Coordinator at Serving in Mission (SIM) – discusses their use of the software among missions operating in central Nigeria Jos, Nigeria has been in the news recently because of riots in November that killed hundreds of people. This … Continue reading Missions look to SMS in Nigeria
Tackling domestic violence: An SMS SOS
This is the seventh in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts. Here, Anthony Papillion – Founder of OpenEMR HQ – discusses his initial thoughts on being introduced to the software, and outlines his plans for its use in his Oklahoma home town to help women suffering domestic violence “I only recently became involved with the … Continue reading Tackling domestic violence: An SMS SOS
Human rights, SMS and the power of film
Tonight sees the screening of “The Reckoning” – a film about the battle for the International Criminal Court – at The Soul of The New Machine human rights conference in Berkeley, California. In this – the sixth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts – Paco de Onis, the films’ Director, talks about how they … Continue reading Human rights, SMS and the power of film
Farmer to farmer. Phone to phone.
In this – the fifth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts – Gary Garriott, Innovation Program Officer in the “Digital Futures for Development Program” at Winrock International, talks about their implementation of FrontlineSMS as part of a wider agriculture-based initiative in El Salvador Background “Winrock International is a social enterprise which describes itself as … Continue reading Farmer to farmer. Phone to phone.
Neighbourhood Watch FrontlineSMS-style
Not only established non-profit organisations can benefit from “long tail” mobile solutions. In this, the fourth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts, Georgia Popplewell – who manages a community-lead neighbourhood watch scheme in Trinidad and Tobago – talks about the innovative use they found for the software “Blue Range is an upper middle-class suburb … Continue reading Neighbourhood Watch FrontlineSMS-style
Mobilising around FrontlineSMS:Medic
Today sees the launch of an exciting new initiative – FrontlineSMS:Medic – by a growing team of students mobilising around the practical application of mobile technology in global healthcare delivery. FrontlineSMS:Medic combines Josh Nesbit’s pioneering work on “Mobiles in Malawi” with a mobile version of OpenMRS – an open source medical records system – and … Continue reading Mobilising around FrontlineSMS:Medic
TSF, FrontlineSMS and humanitarian assistance in Niger
In this – the third in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts – Grégory Rebattu, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF)’s Niger Representative, and Oisín Walton, Head of TSF Communications and International Relations, talk us through their thoughts on the software, and its potential for emergency relief in Niger. “I work for Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), the … Continue reading TSF, FrontlineSMS and humanitarian assistance in Niger
FrontlineSMS: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
In this, the second of a series of guest posts on how FrontlineSMS is being used around the world, Dr. Mohammad Akbar and Kenneth Adam – Director and Business Advisor respectively at Media Support Partnership Afghanistan (MSPA) – talk about their current and planned uses of the platform, and the impact it is having on … Continue reading FrontlineSMS: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Sitcoms+SMS: Tackling HIV/AIDS in the DRC
In this, the first of a series of guest posts on how FrontlineSMS is being used around the world, Becky McLaughlin – Marketing Director at Rien que la Vérité – talks about their current use of the platform, and the impact it has had on their work “Based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rien … Continue reading Sitcoms+SMS: Tackling HIV/AIDS in the DRC
FrontlineSMS takes on rural healthcare in Malawi
Today sees the official launch of the new version of FrontlineSMS. To celebrate, kiwanja.net invited Josh Nesbit – a Senior in the Human Biology Program at Stanford University – to talk about its use in east Africa where he’s spending the best part of this summer introducing the system into a rural hospital in Malawi. … Continue reading FrontlineSMS takes on rural healthcare in Malawi