OMC has already brought together a number of mobile technology tools for collaboration and sharing. These include, among others:
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CommCare, a mobile-phone based application that allows community health workers to provide better, more efficient care and improve coordination of community health programs;
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Mobilisr, an open source enterprise class mobile messaging platform for NGOs around the world;
- Mesh4X, a platform for seamless cross-organizational information sharing between mobile devices, databases, desktop applications, and websites;
- RapidSMS, an open source platform allowing for any mobile phone to use SMS to collect data, used in Malawi, Ethiopia and Nigeria to collect information and provide rapid feedback to field workers;
- GeoChat, a flexible open source group communications tool that enables mobile field communications and situational awareness during emergencies;
- Ushahidi, a web-based platform that any person or organization can use to set up their own way to collect and visualize information.
Posted to the site on 27th May 2009
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