The Country Director, Bill and Melinda Gates, Mrs. Mairo Mandara, has urged stakeholders and technologists to consider use of language peculiar to different regions of the country, as that is the best way technology could serve the rural populace who do not understand the English Language.She said, “If technology is going to serve health, we need to take an integrated approach; what are those tools that when you provide will help the mother as she comes into the hospital, pregnant, probably with a baby on her back, you need to consider your target audience; who are those health care providers that you want to serve?”
Also speaking at the event, the Regional Community Health Manager, Sub – Saharan Africa, Shell Nigeria, Dr. Akinwunmi Fajola said use of technology in health would go a long way to save naive villagers from avoidable deaths.
Recounting his experience working in rural communities at the Niger Delta area, he noted that simple applications such as Whatsapp, and other communication platforms had resulted in successful operation and treatment of sick patients who were initially hiding.
Source:Leadership
