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  Small technology – big impact: practical options for development

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2009

  This publication, based on AED’s experience, shows examples of the practical application of small technology that have a big impact around the developing world. The authors argue that technology has dramatically changed the world whereby almost anyone can “move” at internet-speed.
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  Using mobile phones to fight HIV

  IRIN PlusNews, 2008

  As Uganda's HIV prevalence is rising again, policy makers are on the look for innovative ways of educating people about the virus. This article, published by PlusNews, reports on a pilot project in western Uganda aimed at communicating knowledge about the disease and encouraging mobile phone subscribers to volunteer for HIV testing.
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  Mobile phones: exceptional tools for HIV/AIDS, health, and crisis management

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2008

  This article, published by The Lancet, argues that with mobile telephones reaching people in Africa’s cities, towns, villages, and countrysides more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, they are perhaps one of the most promising emerging health systems tools which can build capacity around the HIV and AIDS response and filter into the wider global health.
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  A doctor in your pocket

  The Economist, 2009

  This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors demonstrate how new technologies help to tackle the health problems of the world’s poorest.
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  Web sites, CD-ROMs, and on-line educational projects hold promise for youth

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2003

  This short review of ICT reproductive health education projects finds that small projects have begun to demonstrate the potential value of using the technology with youth. Some studies have shown that Web-based projects, CD-ROMs, and other types of ICT can lead to changes in young people’s knowledge and attitudes about sexual and reproductive health issues.
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  A web site at the service of HIV and development: remarks on role, strategy and effectiveness

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2001

  This paper reports on the setting up of a web site, as was included in the planned activities of the UNDP South-East Asia HIV and Development Project (hereafter referred to as Project).
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  Strengthening partnerships among local FM radio networks and reproductive health agencies on HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Population Fund, 2002

  This paper provides an overview of how local FM radio has been used around the world to promote health and development goals. It is intended to inform UNFPA Country Representatives of the potential use of local and community radio to achieve UNFPA objectives worldwide, including HIV prevention.
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  The Compliance Service uses SMS technology for TB treatment

  Bridges.org, 2002

  A service in South Africa that uses the Short Message Service (SMS) to alert tuberculosis (TB) patients to take their medication. The initiative has led to a significant increase in the recovery rate of patients and could lead to savings for healthcare authorities.Cape Town has one of the world's highest incidences of TB, largely due to socio-economic and climatic factors.
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  Twinning against AIDS: a report and proposal for using information and communication technologies to improve the sharing of information, skills and experience between organisations responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis.

  Communication Initiative, 2002

  Twining is described as is an approach that enables organisations to share lessons and experience more widely and to support each other while seeking ways to act more effectively in their own communities.
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  Background paper for communication for development roundtable

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2001

  The report is divided into two sections, the first of which deals specifically with communications and HIV/AIDS.The report explores recent work in social communications, looking at social marketing and behaviour change communications.