SMS for Health - Monitoring Key Drug Stock Levels

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Gambia
Partners: 
Ministry of Health Gambia;
Pfizer;
Vodafone;
International Health Partners;
MatsSoft
Activities: 

This pilot project launched in June 2010 aimed at improving access and reliability of medicine supply using mobile phone technology. Real-time data collected with mobile phones helped tracking key drug stock levels and expiry dates across the supply chain. At the same time, monitoring of seasonal variation in the incidence of diseases should result in appropriate drug stocks to be procured and distributed.

Further reading: 

UNDP 2010, Four companies commit to fight poverty in Africa and Asia, Newsroom, 22 Sept. 2010

[added Oct. 2010]

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