Honorable mention at the CITRIS Big Ideas Competition

The eHealth Nigeria Team received honorable mention at UC Berkeley’s Big Ideas Competition for technology in the interest of society (sponsored by CITRIS).  The full list of winners and finalists is available at CITRIS’s competition site.

CINCH: Cell Phone Technologies to Increase Nigerian Community Health
Evelyn Castle, Jenny Scafidi, Adam Thompson and Paul Lubeck, UC Santa Cruz
This project aims to determine suitable mobile technologies that will improve the health care system in Nigeria. Cell phone technologies are the most efficient way to get information to the majority of citizens in cities and in rural areas. Most of Nigeria does not have access to a constant electricity source. Mobile phones are much more versatile than computers or the Internet because they do not require electricity to run. Data can be collected and disseminated regardless of what the situation is regarding electricity. Mobile technologies are also a means to collect health information and surveys in a more organized manor.