Beacon Relief

apreston — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 19:04:36 +0000

BeaconRelief™, developed by RTI International, improves situational awareness for disaster response by providing auto-generated maps and real-time tracking capability in a self-contained, highly scalable, ruggedized, low-cost platform. BeaconRelief™ offers preconfigured sensors for ease of deployment and a user-friendly interface that allows relief workers to quickly and easily adapt it to all-hazard environments with minimal effort.

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Using Mobile Money

gmc — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:35:31 +0000

Using interactive SMS to send questions to training participants and gather information needed for payments via M-PESA.

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Zimbabwe Launches New Health Information System (HIS)

gmc — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:40:06 +0000

On June 5, 2014, the Government of Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), and RTI International (RTI), supported by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), officially launched the new Zimbabwe national Health Information System (HIS), DHIS2, and the MoHCC website.

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Tangerine Observations Pass the Half Million Mark

gmc — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:34:36 +0000

Tangerine, a mobile tool for testing and improving early grade reading and math skills, has now been used to collect more than 500,000 observations around the world.

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RTI, partners develop web-based system to reduce HIV discrimination in Ghana

gmc — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:45:48 +0000

HIV-related stigma and discrimination remains a serious challenge in Ghana. The launch of a new web-based system in Ghana for handling cases of HIV-related discrimination is designed to improve access to justice for people living with HIV and key populations at higher risk of HIV.

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Disease Surveillance

abrooks — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:52:23 +0000

In Zimbabwe, RTI is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) to improve disease surveillance using mobile phones.

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Connecting Citizens

abrooks — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:08:30 +0000

Olutindo is a short message service (SMS)-based service request system that provides citizens and local government (LG) officials with a tool to submit, track, and respond to citizen requests.

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Wireless Access for Health Discussed with World Trade Organization Panel

gmc — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:17:18 +0000

Filipe C. Canlas, Monique Rodriguez, Philippine Ambassador to the WTO, Esteban Cornejos Jr., and Tarlac Province Governor Victor Yap discussed the Wireless Access for Health (WAH) experience at the World Trade Forum panel discussion on Re-inventing Innovation through Public-Private Partnership, October 2, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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EMIS

abrooks — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:41:39 +0000

The EMIS Toolbox is an open source, data-mining tool that aggregates and presents data from Annual School Census (ASC) databases that was specifically designed to visually identify trends and outliers. Complex data can be easily viewed and analyzed through charts that compare indicators by geographic or administrative group and over time using standard reports, for example using school or district indicators.

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Rural Health Care

gmc — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:18:16 +0000

The Wireless Access for Health (WAH) partnership in the Philippines has successfully introduced and scaled up the use of electronic health records in rural health units.

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Tangerine:Class

gmc — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:56:52 +0000

Tangerine:Class is open-source electronic data collection software that assists teachers in systematically collecting, analyzing, and using results from students’ continuous reading and early mathematics assessments to inform their teaching.

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Malaria Surveillance

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:47:02 +0000

Coconut Surveillance makes it possible to quickly follow up reported cases of malaria and to analyze transmission patterns and trends.

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WAH Stakeholders' Review

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:22:16 +0000

The Wireless Access for Health team successfully held its 11th Stakeholders’ Meeting last December 7, 2012 in Angeles City, Pampanga.

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Malaria Detection

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:19:29 +0000

Malaria Early Epidemic Detection System (MEEDS) is used by facilities to report new malaria cases via simple cell phones to detect epidemic outbreaks.

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Tangerine:Class to Present at UNESCO Mobile Learning Week

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:30:11 +0000

RTI International will present Tangerine:Class at the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris, France, February 18-22. The UNESCO Mobile Learning Week seeks to address how mobile technologies can be used to further the Education For All (EFA), specifically looking at:

the role of mobile learning in increasing adult and childhood literacy;
how mobile technology can improve quality of education (including supporting teachers); and
exploring mobile learning to improve gender equality in education.

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Coconut

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:02:14 +0000

Coconut combines offline operation, automatic synchronization with local and remote databases, and centralized real-time data monitoring of data to create an essential tool for ‘capturing conversations’ in the field.

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Wireless Security System Project Expands to San Salvador's Metropolitan Area

gmc — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:20:44 +0000

RTI International is helping to expand a wireless security system project in San Salvador’s metropolitan area. The system uses cellular wireless technology to improve the real-time collection and sharing of criminal information, with the aim of reducing crime.

Tangerine Demonstration at National Press Club, Washington, DC

gmc — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:11:04 +0000

At this forum, a group of leading international education experts will discuss progress made and remaining challenges associated with assessing and improving literacy in developing countries. Following the discussion, RTI will provide a hands-on demonstration of Tangerine™, an open-source data collection software developed by RTI using internal funds. Designed for mobile devices, it records student responses to early grade reading and mathematics assessments and background questionnaires.

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Tangerine Mobile for Early Grade Reading and Math Assessment (EGRA / EGMA)

gmc — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:51:36 +0000

RTI has released Tangerine™, a mobile software application for Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA). Tangerine is designed for use on mobile computers, including tablet computers and Android smartphones, and is optimized for touchscreens.

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Tangerine

gmc — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:57:29 +0000

Tangerine® is electronic data collection software designed for use on mobile computers, including tablet computers and Android smartphones. Its primary use is to enable recording of students’ responses in oral early grade reading and mathematics skills assessments, specifically Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), and interview responses from students, teachers and principals on home and school context information.

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Testing Reading Skills

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:39:23 +0000

Tangerine® enables electronic data collection for large early reading and math diagnostic assessments using the latest handheld tablets.

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ZEPRS Exceeds Five Million Patient Encounters

gmc — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:00:09 +0000

In continuous use by clinics since February 2006, The Zambian Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS) in Lusaka, Zambia, has now been used by clinicians to manage more than five million patient encounters.

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Quality Data for Quality Care in Zimbabwe and Tanzania

gmc — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:24:05 +0000

In Tanzania and Zimbabwe, two new projects funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and implemented by RTI, aim to the challenges of health information system strengthening. Both countries' governments recently introduced five-year health information system (HIS) strategic plans that lay out the critical issues and the necessary actions. The projects will strengthen the ability of the ministries of health to carry out these plans, by involving decision-makers at district, provincial, and national levels.

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Bridging the Digital Disconnect in Indonesia’s Education System

gmc — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:33:24 +0000

More than 90% of Indonesian households do not have a computer or Internet access. This poses a major challenge in many parts of life, particularly in education.

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