As I have been pre-occupied with writing lectures for my class, and setting up my research, my collaborating partners at Marie Stopes International Uganda have been busy launching a new phase of the output-based aid voucher program, financing in-hospital delivery of babies, in addition to the in-clinic treatment of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). The new program, [...]
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Netbook Mania
So one of the outcomes of my study last August is that admittedly.. people don’t want mobile phones for their health records, they want laptops. And these new netbooks – well they cost the same as these smartphones. But last August, the eeepcs had a battery life of 1.5 hours and only about 4MB of [...]
Solar Power and Mbarara Update
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with not nearly enough access to internet cafes! This week I am back in Mbarara, currently using the computer science lab (which is empty because the students are all doing exams now), but also meeting with various professors here (again!) and working with Ben and Richard on the [...]
Of Government Meetings and Snazzy Powerpoint Animations
The culmination of our many many meetings was our presentations to the Ministry of Health and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nakaseke district. (Although admittedly the MP meeting was a bit of a surprise, so a bit extemporaneous.) We had been spending our evenings in Luwero (the town near Nakaseke where we were staying) [...]
