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For women in villages, prenatal care will be just an SMS away |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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 Once a woman registers with her date of pregnancy, she will receive weekly tips on what to eat, what vaccines to get, and when to get check-ups.
Gurgaon: First, mobile phones took a stab at replacing radios, television sets and computers. Now, they’ll get a shot at playing doctor, too. In a program to be launched later this year by the Gurgaon-based mobile gaming company ZMQ Software Systems, women in the rural areas will be able to get prenatal advice via text message. The new offering builds on both efforts to tap into the nearly 300 million mobile phone users in the country—growing by almost 10 million per month—and parallel attempts to use technology to get basic health care into areas that don’t have it.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 September 2008 )
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