So today is the first time I’ve needed to have my own toilet paper. After lunch (karo and beef stew) I peeked into the bathroom nearby, saw that there was no tp, and decided to go to the hotel instead. Although initially we were in the Oxford Inn (25,000 Sh or $14/night) this morning we [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2007’
Smart Delivery with SmartVouchers
I’ve been in Uganda for almost a week now, doing a needs assessment with the East Africa Blum Fellows smartphone team – on whether and how smartphones can be used in the context of healthcare in Uganda. We’ve had meetings all over Kampala, with Satellife/Healthnet Uganda, the Ministry of Health, and various people at Makarere [...]
African Healthcare Summit – GPS Foundation, DC
I recently (April 29, 2007) gave a talk to the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation (a group of Ghanaian doctors practicing in the US) at their annual African Healthcare Summit. My slides are downloadable here (ppt, 10.5 MB). I gave an introduction to TIER, talking about our work using long distance WiFi (WiLDnet) for the [...]
About
Hi there! Welcome to my semi-incomplete page. I am filling this web site in over time, so you’ll see these pages revamp themselves a bit often. For now, if you are interested in knowing a bit more about me, just surf through the pages on this site or check out these other resources: photos: gallery, [...]
