InSTEDD Tools Save the World from the Zombie Apocalypse!
Working in the world of public health exposes us to a number of potentially life threatening scenarios. InSTEDD’s tools are designed to work in high stakes environments where people need to quickly share information, coordinate resources, and align their efforts towards the common goal of ensuring the public’s health and safety. In an effort to create a fun and interactive environment for people to learn how our tools work and how significantly they can improve communications, we teamed up with UC Berkeley to create a public health simulation – using Zombies!
Saving Lives At Birth with Baby Monitor: An interview with Eric Green
In October of 2011, InSTEDD has been working on Baby Monitor, which is a collaborative project focused on improved prenatal and postpartum screening for mothers and infants in resource-poor environments. Baby Monitor is a tool we created using our interactive voice response technology application, Verboice, in order to bring clinical screening directly to women in the critical period before and after birth to detect complications and take action.
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of sitting down with Eric Green, the man who led the Baby Monitor project. Eric eloquently explained how the project began, how it works, what value is being created and what social impact we are striving to achieve.
Mobile Technology & Community Health Workers: A Game Changer for Global Health? (Part 1)
A good health system delivers quality services to all people, when and where they need them. The exact configuration of services varies from country to country, but in all cases requires a robust financing mechanism; a well-trained and adequately paid workforce; reliable information on which to base decisions and policies; well maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies.
Giving Women a Voice in their Health: Baby Monitor needs your vote!
We are proud that the Baby Monitor project from the iLab Latin America has been selected as a finalist for be one of the finalist for the “She Will Innovate Technology Solutions Enriching the Lives of Girls” challenge! In order for us to win we need your vote so that we can win the $10,000 prize!
Disease Surveillance in a Mobile and Digital World
We are passionate about using data to surface meaningful insights and improve health outcomes at the community level. Data from disparate systems can be used in an interoperable and interactive way to empower health workers and increase our understanding of local, regional and global disease dynamics.
Kyla Reid Interview: The Life Saving Potential of Mobile Networks
Imagine that you’re on your way to work one day when a disaster strikes unexpectedly. You’re scared, you’re confused, you’re unsure what to do. Thoughts are running through your mind “Am I hurt? Should I call 911? Where is my family? Where are my friends? Am I prepared? Do I have access to what I need?”
BarCamp Phnom Penh: Unconference 2012
Working at the iLab Southeast Asia: A personal experience
I first learned about InSTEDD around end of 2008 when I was working with a social enterprise in Cambodia called Digital Divide Data. InSTEDD’s CTO, Eduardo Jezierski along with a consultant from the Argentina based Clarius Consulting company, named…
Stories from the Field: Malaria Project in Laos
Lao PDR is a country with a population of around 6 million people. Most of these people live in hilly terrain and dense forests which makes them particularly vulnerable to Malaria carrying mosquitoes. It is estimated that more than half of the population is at risk for contracting the disease.