Health Data & Disaster Relief

The UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation’s Technology Partnership is helping to bring to scale sustainable technology solutions to improve healthcare delivery in the developing world and disaster response wherever a humanitarian emergency occurs. 

We supported the nonprofit DataDyne.org’s development of the first open source health data collection software, and now are working with DataDyne, the World Health Organization and national governments to equip over 800 health surveillance officers in Africa with powerful new mobile data-gathering tools. We also support the deployment of emergency communications capabilities to restore vital communications during humanitarian emergencies, resulting in improved response efforts in many recent disasters.  

Read the stories below to find out how our work is impacting the individual lives and the communities we reach.

STORIES OF IMPACT

  1. Connecting in the Midst of a Disaster

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    Heavy flooding along Mozambique’s Zambezi River displaced nearly 300,000 Mozambicans from their homes in early 2008. Water levels were so high that resettlement camps from a 2007 flooding had to be resettled again.

  2. Phone calls and nets comfort DRC refugees

    Area of Involvement: Children’s Health; Technology

    We're helping more than 60,000 refugees in Uganda who fled the conflict in Democractic Republic of Congo by giving them protective bed nets and getting them in touch with their families through emergency communications.

  3. Rapid Hurricane Response: Haiti

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    Summer 2008 was a tough time for Haiti. In August and September 2008, three consecutive hurricanes – Gustav, Hanna and Ike – devastated the island nation. Once again, the UN Foundation’s Technology Program supported the use of mobile technology to help reconnect families, aid workers and emergency response missions during this crisis.

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TSF provides a life line for refugees from the DRC

In over-crowded Ugandan refugee camps, without telephones or even electricity, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) reconnects families and offers a peace of mind in the midst of a difficult situation. TSF’s Oisin Walton reports from the field. Learn more about other initiatives of the Technology Partnership.

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