Comments on: Breakthrough in Saving Lives in Rural Africa http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/17/breakthrough-in-saving-lives-in-rural-africa/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Collaborating on Policy and Practice with Garry Conille, Prime Minister of Haiti – State of the Planet http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/17/breakthrough-in-saving-lives-in-rural-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-43168 Collaborating on Policy and Practice with Garry Conille, Prime Minister of Haiti – State of the Planet Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:13:22 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21807#comment-43168 [...] and coordinate aid through accurate information and useful new technology. Tools such as mobile cellphone-based monitoring for health, agriculture, and critical infrastructure have been used by EI to success around the world, and are [...]

]]> By: Dr. Salima Bhatia http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/17/breakthrough-in-saving-lives-in-rural-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-39179 Dr. Salima Bhatia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:27 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21807#comment-39179 Dear Dr Sachs,

As you are aware, in India we have ASHAs who are working as community health volunteers. Although we have started training them in Home Based New Born Care, we still have not provided them with virtual stethoscopes as you have done in Africa.I would really like to know what kind of mobile phones have been given to the CHWs in your project villages. Are they regular mobile phones that have been loaded with a software? Does this software work on an online or an offline mode? Moreover, can the software be loaded on regular mobile phones already being used by ASHAs? Hope you can clarify some of my queries!

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