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Texting4Health Initative - launch July 1, 2009
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations is proud to present Texting4Health - a mobile health campaign launched in the context of the 2009 Annual Ministerial Review which will focus on the theme Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health.
The objective of the campaign is to demonstrate new ways of collecting real time information through m-polling; show that mobile communication is a powerful tool to assess knowledge of crucial issues - such as disease transmission and disease prevention; and raise health awareness and literacy.
The initiative was launched on July 1 in Uganda and will be launched later on in Ghana. The campaign will last for 10 days in each country. Thousands of mobile phone users will be encouraged to participate through SMS text messaging, and will be polled with multi optional questions on health related issues in their country.
Texting4Health is sponsored by UN-DESA in collaboration with WHO, Text To Change (TTC) and the Praekelt Foundation.
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