Mobile technologies lanscape and opportunity for CSO in cambodia

Mobile technologies landscape and

opportunity for CSO in Cambodia!

!HEALTH | TECHNOLOGY | SUSTAINABILITY!

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Channe Suy!Product Owner, InSTEDD iLabSEA!

February 7, 2014!

About Channe Suy

•  Almost 10 year of experience working in technology design and development!

•  Master degree in Computer Application from Bangalore University, India!

•  Co-Founded ShareVision, Snadai!

•  Blogger and tech community fan !

•  A serious cat lover!channe@instedd.org!Twitter: s_channe !

overview

We design and use open source technology tools to help partners enhance collaboration, share knowledge and improve information flow so partners can better deliver critical services in their communities. ou

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projects Our approach facilitates collective

action by local partners, and is being successfully applied globally.

Argentina Bangladesh Cambodia China

Haiti Indonesia Kenya Laos

Mexico Mozambique Rwanda Ghana

Thailand USA Vietnam Zimbabwe

Mobile phone penetration in Cambodia

“It is estimated that there are 19 million mobile phones in Cambodia – 1.3 phones for each of the country’s 15

million people.!

Currently, only more than two million Cambodians are connected to the internet.”!

Source: Southeastern Globe magazine, November 11, 2013!

Many existing tools & open source tools

Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

Problem driven, instead of technology driven!

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Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

•  Who is your end user? (the one who will use the system)!

•  How will they use the system? !•  What would be the learning curve

for them? !•  What device do they have? "!

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Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

•  Who is your end user? (the one who will use the system)!

•  How will they use the system? !

•  What would be the learning curve for them? !

•  What device do they have? "!

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Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

Is the system infrastructure scalable? !

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Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

Cost for starting and ongoing!!Example: server, hardware, SMS, call, staff, support and maintenance, etc. !

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Getting Started – What aspects to consider?

Contact point when your system is down (local vs international)!!Ex: 1hr or 1 week to get it fixed or up and running again.!

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Start with field testing and start small

Validate design assumption!!Get end user feedback!

Example: MObile Technology for Improved Family planning

phone-based intervention to support post-

abortion contraception for

clients at four Marie Stopes clinics in

Cambodia. !

Maries Stopes International

Cambodia - MOTIF!

Example: mobile technology in labor rights

Toll-free IVR line that helps factory

workers understand about their rights, health, and safety through call quiz.!

ILO’s Better Factory Program-

Outstanding Workers!

Example: SMS reporting system for malaria cases

Strengthening Malaria Surveillance

in Cambodia. Reporting malaria

cases from the community!

Malaria Consortium – Malaria

Surveillance and Alert!

Example of project applied mobile technology

Weekly infectious disease reporting –

Health centers!

Health center is the grassroots health

clinic of MoH. Real time infectious

disease detection and response is

very crucial to connect from health

center.!

Example: improve the stock management of malaria treatment drugs

A bi-weekly update on their stock levels

through SMS is a window into the

current stock situations

throughout the health centers.!

Inventory Alert Tool for Malaria Stock – National Center for

Malaria Control & CHAI!

Recommendations

•  Understand your users/target groups!•  Validate the design earlier!•  Local tech partners!•  Collaborate with private sectors!

Upcoming: InSTEDD Innovation Camp

To register: ilabsea@instedd.org!

Innovative tech for women!to celebrate International Women’s Day !

February 28, 2014!

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