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Phase: Inspiration Missions: Learn from Analogies

How to reach the unreachable

SMS for life campaign by Novartis is an interesting example to look at. They reached the most remote areas of Africa to deliver anti-malaria drugs. Their solution used mobile phones: http://malaria.novartis.com/innovation/sms-for-life/index.shtml

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This explains Novartis' SMS for life campaign in Africa, which is an interesting source of inspiration of how to reach the unreachable. 
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This reminds me of a presentation about election observers in Africa using SMS to report incidents and results. The speaker was from MobileActive - The project is uReport
http://mobileactive.org/areaofpractice/Democratic%20Participation

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Both interesting uses of the technology.

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