Welcome to Bastar, Part II
Please refer to “Welcome to Bastar” for part 1 of this 2-part segment! This is posted on behalf of Vina Seelam, our Project Manager in India: I returned to Bastar last month excited to share the progress the developers at BeeHyv and I had made so far on the newly dubbed “Tika Tracker” (the word...
Welcome to Bastar
Posted on behalf of Vina Seelam, our Project Manager in India: In 2009 the complete vaccination coverage rate for children aged 12-23 months in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh was 57.3%. Among “scheduled tribes,” however, the complete vaccination rate was even lower, at only 46.3%. Scheduled tribes (STs) are geographically and culturally distinct indigenous...
Amader Nôtun Bari (Our New Home)
It’s hard to believe that a few weeks have already passed since our arrival. Although excited to visit “the world’s longest sea beach,” we don’t think that either of us really knew what to expect before arriving in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The hospitality we’ve received from the people at our partner organization, The Hope Foundation...
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
The 4th millennium development goal outlined by the United Nations is to reduce child mortality. In particular, we have until 2015 to reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds. This involves meeting certain metrics in the realm of both infant mortality and adequate vaccination. In July of 2011, Medic began an ambitious pilot in Kurnool,...
Medic Mobile Announces The First Mobile SIM App For Healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 6th, 2011 – Medic Mobile, a proven innovator in mobile health technology, is proud to announce the development of the first SIM Application for healthcare. SIM apps can operate on 80% of the world’s phones from $15 handsets to Android smartphones – and Medic’s new implementation of this technology brings data...
