What’s Next: Texting It In

Many developing countries don’t have enough data to accurately track such scourges as child malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. To help address this problem, Washington, D.C.- based DataDyne has introduced wireless EpiSurveyor, a free, open-source software package that allows health care workers to create their own data collection forms, download them onto cell phones, and text data back to a central database.

(SAN JOSE, Calif. , Washington, DC, and Nairobi, Kenya) Sept. 9, 2008 – DataDyne.org, a not-for-profit consultantcy creating mobile information and communications technologies to serve public health and development , was today named a 2008 Tech Awards Laureate, one of 25 global innovators recognized each year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change. The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation, and presented by Applied Materials, Inc., selected DataDyne.org from among hundreds of nominations representing 68 countries.