Pharmaceuticals

Drugs for fighting neglected tropical diseases are now at the fingertips of clinic staff in Uganda with a new text-messaging system being piloted by RTI with funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Provincial Medical Office of Nairobi, Communications Commission of Kenya, Telkom Kenya, Axesstel, RTI International and Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, are collaborating to implement a wireless health care project in Kenya that will improve HIV/AIDS treatment in Nairobi. The project harnesses the benefits of advanced 3G wireless technology to make the supply of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) more efficient.

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