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Technology Applications for Development

In this presentation, Stephen Rahaim and Jeff Tackle each discuss ways they have applied technology to development work. Rahaim presents a randomized controlled trial that the SHOPS project conducted in Ghana to understand how text message follow-ups to diarrhea management training affect licensed chemical seller's knowledge of diarrhea treatments and their prescribing behavior. Tackle discusses how the African Indoor Residual Spraying project, which is implemented by Abt Associates, is using GPS technology to ensure environmental compliance. He also discusses how a new technology called GxAlert is helping connect healthcare providers, labs, and national tuberculosis programs so that data on diagnoses can be shared more rapidly.