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Text to Change sms't tegen ziektes in Afrika
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De Telegraaf - 8 July 2009
Bij de presentatie van 'Texting4Health' in Kampala was naast Kagwa en een hoge delegatie van de Verenigde Naties ook de Nederlander Bas Hoefman (32) ...

The United Nations To Launch "Texting4Health" In Uganda
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Medical News Today (press release) - 2 July 2009
The UN is launching, on Wednesday the 1st of July 2009, a ten-day initiative intended to reach out to 10000 people in Uganda through mobile phones to ...

Texting4health Pilot Project Launched
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Monitor; AllAfrica.com - Sarah Scheenstra - 2 July 2009
The UN yesterday launched "Texting4Health," a 10-day pilot health initiative using mobile phones to spread important health information to MTN users in ...

UN launches health campaign via cell phone in Uganda
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Xinhua News Agency; ReliefWeb (press release) - 1 and 2 July 2009
The United Nations on Wednesday launched a 10-day health campaign via cell phones in eastern Uganda. ...

Monitor Online | Regional Special | UN to use phones in Aids fight
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Monitor Online-Jude Luggya - 11 June 2009
The initiative, Texting4Health, will see the targeted people participate in a ... In Uganda, more than one million people are suspected to be infected with the ...

UN Launches Pilot Study In Uganda That Uses Text Messages To Promote ...
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Medilinkz - 11 June 2009
The Gateway to Health ... day pilot project in Jinja, Uganda, that uses mobile phones to ... part of the Texting4Health initiative, an estimated 10, ...
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