doctHERs was a novel healthcare marketplace that connected home-restricted female doctors to millions of under-served patients in real-time while leveraging technology. doctHERs circumvented socio-cultural barriers that restrict women to their homes, while correcting two market failures: access to quality healthcare and women’s inclusion in the workforce. doctHERs leapfroged traditional market approaches to healthcare delivery and […]

Quintana Libre created a communal digital network in the town of José de la Quintana (Córdoba, Argentina) which is largely under-served by traditional Internet and telephone providers. The network developed allows for the self-provision of communication services, empowering the inhabitants of José de la Quintana and near by towns. Quintana Libre has become the network […]

Telepsychiatry in Prisons was an investigation project led by Telesalud at the University of Caldas, that developed a cost-effective model to provide digital psychiatry services in prisons. Telepsychiatry employs ICTs to digitally provide mental health services and has demonstrated to be relevant not only for rural communities, but also for populations with special needs such […]

This project’s objective is to effectively shift the culture in existing Ghanaian media organizations towards use of open data, data-driven journalism and data-driven civic engagement. It also includes increasing citizens participation in government activities. Code for Ghana will form a community of open-data experts, and embed them into media organizations to bring open-data applications into […]

Mali Sante project aims at having medical information more available and accessible. The project started initially with a medical information website. The site (www.malisante.net) has now several sections including (1) a directory of medical structures of Mali and medical specialists; (2) a job research option for health professionals; (3) Nutrition information; (4) expert opinions; (5) […]

Côte na Tshombo is a software solution which integrates an SMS Gateway application, a database server and a Web portal. The purpose of this information system is to enable Professors at local Universities throughout the country, DR Congo, to publish students’ exam marks so that they may enquire the system to get their results.