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. Mobile Activism: Make Text, Not War

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    When waves of political violence swept through Kenya after the December 2007 presidential election, human rights advocates in the country turned to cell phones to help stem the violence. 

  2. Rapid Hurricane Response: Haiti

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    This summer has been a tragic time for Haiti.  The country, the poorest in the Western hemisphere, was already suffering from the global food crisis. In August and September 2008, three consecutive hurricanes – Gustav, Hanna and Ike – devastated the island nation.  

  3. Virus Hunters: Stopping Polio in Kenya

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    Until 2007, it had been nearly 20 years since a case of polio was seen in Kenya. But when refugees fleeing political unrest in neighboring Somalia spilled into the country, Kenya again was confronted with the threat of a polio epidemic.   

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