Patient education
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In todays world, the PC is slovely moving to the mobile phone. More and more people – also in the developing countries – have access to a mobile phone and know how to use it.
To increase awareness and knowledge of a disease educational messages can be sent to the patients mobile phone. Formal studies and anecdotal evidence demonstrate that SMS alerts have a measurable impact on and a greater ability to influence behavior than radio and television campaigns. The message can be read in all confidentiality and stored if wanted.
If we can achieve a better insight in the disease for the patient and educate the public on chronic diseases, we can decrease complications and reduce false perceptions, stigma and discrimination, by influencing the public by factual information.
In a few weeks time we will launch the first educational service for HIV in India together with Heroes Project http://www.heroesprojectindia.org and Airtel – the largest operator in India.
Every complication, every discriminating act due to mis-perception that we can avoid with this service, will make it worth while. My nurse heart fills with happiness to see the devotion from Heroes Project and Airtel to get the information out to the public. Organisations like theese, brings back the hope for life and a better world.