Tool and Medicine Boxes

Message In-a-Box: Tools and Tactics for Communicating Your Cause

...a set of strategic guides and tools from the Tactical Technology Collective to create media for social change. The kit provides advocates with tactics, tools, and "how-to's" to help them develop the skills and tactics they need to increase the impact of their campaigning...

Packed With Love

...an interactive website created to encourage participation in an overseas medical donation programme by first watching a video that communicates "love is helping those in need". As part of CMMB's mission of providing vaccines, insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), antibiotics, bandages, and other medical aid, visitors to the site are encouraged to include with a donation their name and email for updates on the journey of a particular shipment...

Mobile Methods

Phone Hotline Spreads Family Planning Information in DR Congo

...this Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cell phone project, la Ligne Verte (signifying "hotline" in French), allows callers to speak to a trained family planning educator. The programme is based on the idea that having a discussion about family planning has a strong correlation with uptake of a contraceptive method...

Mobile Phone Diagnosis Approaches Field Trials

...in field testing, the "CelloPhone" and the "CellScope", diagnostic imaging tools created from everyday camera phones, use modified mobile phone technology to diagnose disease. CelloPhone works by interpreting the "shadows" of cells of blood, urine, or other bodily fluids loaded into a modified mobile phone. CellScope clips a small microscope onto a camera phone to send the captured image for diagnosis...