Article,
Gift of Handheld Devices Transforms Heath Surveys
Chronicle of Philanthropy, 21 (1): 26-26 (10/16 2008)M3: Article; Accession Number: 34895159; Wallace, Nicole; Source Info: 10/16/2008, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p26; Subject Term: SURVEYS; Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: COMPUTER software industry; Subject Term: CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations; Subject Term: ENDOWMENTS; Subject Term: AFRICA, Sub-Saharan; NAICS/Industry Codes: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations; NAICS/Industry Codes: 813219 Other Grantmaking and Giving Services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 813319 Other Social Advocacy Organizations; NAICS/Industry Codes: 443120 Computer and Software Stores; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; Number of Pages: 1p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 439.
Abstract
The author reports that the United Nations Foundation Technology Partnership and the Vodafone Foundation have donated millions of dollars to a program designed to collect health information about people living in sub-Sahara Africa. Software that is being used to collect health information from people living in sub-Sahara Africa is mentioned.
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- africa,
- charitable
- communication
- computer
- endowments;
- foundations;
- industry;
- software
- sub-saharan
- surveys;
- systems;
- trusts,
- uses,
- wireless
