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Mobile Phone SMS for Malaria Control

September 26, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Although malaria is preventable and curable, it is claiming over 30,000 Kenyan lives annually, but with new technology these deaths could reduce drastically. The mobile phone is the latest weapon in the war against malaria, the debilitating disease that is a leading killer in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa.

The aptly named SMS initiative uses the communication gadget to ensure stocks of malaria drugs are available in sufficient quantities where they are needed most, with the aim of eliminating stock-outs and improving accessibility to treatment.

Read more, via The Standard.

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