An open source mobile app for assisting health and agricultural aid in Haiti

Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 102-107

  Morelli, Ralph ^a   Murphy, Emmet ^b   Lanerolle, Trishan De ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ACDI/VOCA Haiti ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

Android; Haiti; health aid; Mobile app; open source

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; COMPUTING EDUCATION; DISTRIBUTION POINTS; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; HAITI; IN-BUILDINGS; IT PROJECT; MOBILE APP; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; OPEN SOURCES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PUBLIC GOODS; RELIABLE TRANSMISSION; RURAL REGIONS; SHORT MESSAGE SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGES; WORK-IN-PROGRESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; RURAL AREAS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855853434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2011.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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