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Bringing ICTs and Solar to Rural Uganda

Claim Mobile Part Deux: We’ve set up netbooks and phones in three clinics so far (two bundled with solar power), and we’re looking to see how the introduction of these new technologies change the management of health care information and communication between the OBA health facilities and the OBA management agency, as well as the management of health information within the OBA health facility itself.

WE CARE Solar on PRI

One of WE CARE’s solar suitcases (www.wecaresolar.com) was recently
deployed by Catapult Design in the Minazi Health Post in Rwanda (
http://bit.ly/59j9G ), and PRI included  some of the photos in an
article about the project.
On PRI’s The World

Solar medical system
http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/solar-energy-clinics1583.html

A self-contained, solar-powered system for operating rooms ensure clinics in the developing world aren’t impaired by blackouts.

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