mHealth kick off @ m2m
This week I started the user acceptance training (UAT) for one of the largest rollouts of mHealth to date at mothers2mothers. The system will capture information through a smart phone…more
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Stories from an iCats fellow in Nicaragua: how to build more resilient communities in flood prone areas
Dear future applicant to the 2013 iCats fellowship program, If you are reading this blog you might be asking yourself whether it is worth to make a “pause” in you…more
Creating Impact: Alone or Together?
“Treading heavily on each other’s toes, bickering violently amongst themselves and competing in sometimes unseemly ways for ascendancy…” - Graham Hancock, Lords of Poverty In last few months of the fellowship,…more
Back in the classroom again in Southeast Asia
Three months into my iCats Fellowship, I can say: "congratulations to myself for resigning from my traditional banking job in London and taking the step to enter the classroom of…more
Not My Typical Sunday
The power of the iCats fellowship hit me right away. My first assignment – literally – was to conduct site visits with members of the streetfootballworld network in Nairobi, Kenya.…more
m2m in action – photos
Enjoy some pictures from the sites where mothers2mothers works across Africa:more
mHealth @ m2m
mHealth is defined as "Mobile eHealth or mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery…more
From the Slums in Delhi to the Villages in Takeo: How Operation ASHA Scaled Up Across the Borders
The article is first in 'Social Enterprise Replication' series for Center for Health Market Innovations. Original post appeared here. Imagine a village of 1000 people who don’t have the access to…more
Floating Tuberculosis Centers – A Step Deeper in Mobile Healthcare Delivery by Adapting to Local Conditions (Part I)
Author's Note: This is the first post in series of two blog posts on floating centers of OpASHA in Cambodia Long ago, Cambodia was under water, except for a small…more
Fringe Benefits – iCats Program
One of the great things working as an iCat in new countries, cities, and continents are the endless options for exploration. This last week I jumped on a plane and…more
The final destination – history, myth, magic & faith
A couple of days ago Alex Proimos, iCat fellow for Ciudad Saludable, and me set out to visit the old lima cemetery called “Presbitero Matías Maestro” which was a great…more
A day of humility
It's a lazy Sunday here in Peru. For me it's a chance to just catch up on things that I didn't get around to finishing during the past week. Living…more