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By Adele Waugaman

This week has seen a devastating series of events in the Pacific.

Over the weekend a deadly tro...]]> zdnetuk/10014096 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014096o-2000581318b,00.htm Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:18:55 +0100 Disaster Response in the Pacific mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) by Adele Waugaman Could a mobile phone be a key tool in the prevention of disease outbreaks and epidemics? Judges on the Wall Street Journal’s Technology Innovation Awards panel believe so. DataDyne.org, a core partner in the United Nations Foundati... zdnetuk/10013815 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013815o-2000581318b,00.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:27:29 +0100 mHealth Spotlighted with WSJ Technology Innovation Award mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) 'Country looking and moving forward, not back' by Claire Thwaites Kigali, Rwanda -- With limited knowledge of the country aside from TV images from the horrific 1994 genocide, I was immediately struck by Rwanda's incredible atmosphere of progress and... zdnetuk/10012734 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012734o-2000581318b,00.htm Wed, 13 May 2009 14:58:45 +0100 Rwanda: On the leading edge of the mHealth frontier mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) Dr. Daniel J. Carucci April 7, 2009 In places where there are few cars, where roads remain unpaved, where basic infrastructure services such as clean water and electricity are scant, mobile phone technology has become an enabling power for millions... zdnetuk/10012522 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012522o-2000581318b,00.htm Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:08:36 +0100 Tackling Global Health on the Last Mile: Reflections on World Health Day mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) By Oisin Walton I am among the two teams of Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) emergency telecommunications specialists who deployed to Haiti as it was hit by four cyclones--Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike--all in less than a month. TSF's teams deployed from b... zdnetuk/10009382 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009382o-2000581318b,00.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:30:35 +0100 Help for Haiti: Calling for Relief mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) By Monique Lanne-Petit, director and co-founder of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) As we've seen time and again, telecommunications can reduce the impact of humanitarian crisis and cut through logistical problems. If ever there were an example that und... zdnetuk/10009324 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009324o-2000581318b,00.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:36:30 +0100 Building Connections in Emergency Communications mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) By Monique Lanne-Petit, director and co-founder of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) After a large-scale disaster, there is urgent need for food, water, shelter, and medical help. Yet none of this is possible without quick and reliable communications. ... zdnetuk/10009323 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009323o-2000581318b,00.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:50:30 +0100 From Kosovo to Haiti: TSF's Emergency Communications for Disaster Relief mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) My name is Awa Dieng, and I work for DataDyne.org, a public health and technology organization that has created software called EpiSurveyor for health data collection. My job involves traveling to sub-Saharan African countries to train doctors and hea... zdnetuk/10009293 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009293o-2000581318b,00.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:03:45 +0100 Using mHealth to Promote Development in Africa mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) My name is Titus Kolongei, and I work as a health information officer with the Division of Vaccines and Immunization, formerly KEPI (the Kenya Expanded Programme on Immunizations). My work entails collecting and analyzing health data, and submitting and s... zdnetuk/10009268 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009268o-2000581318b,00.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:29:00 +0100 The way forward: Mobile health in Kenya mailroomuk@zdnet.com (T) [Part 2 of 2] Toward the end of the two week, when we began preparing for the dangers we face in the field, the training became most surreal. We once again departed from picturesque Pisa, and traveled to the Folgore campgrounds - the airborne brigade's... zdnetuk/10008554 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008554o-2000581318b,00.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:49:21 +0100 WFP's 'boot camp' for ICT emergency managers (part 2)