Every year, one million babies die on the day they’re born. The team at Medic Mobile, helmed by Josh Nesbit is looking to change that. The non-profit tech company works with community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to improve access to health care. Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that’s revolutionized the way millions of people get well.
“A billion people will never see a doctor in their lives, but 90% of the world’s population is covered by mobile,” Nesbit told Mashable. Read more…
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