Tracking and diagnosing TB in remote regions of Lesotho through a SMS based alert system

Project:FIND TB REACH

Date: 2011

Photo Credit: Sam Nuttall/Stop TB Partnership

A team of village health workers use a text message system to track patients' test results. The health workers receive an alert as soon as the results are ready so they can put patients on TB treatment immediately. The system is based on open source software and has very low operating costs.