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9 January 2009 – The United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will share first prize in the United States
Development Agency’s innovation competition, known as the “Development 2.0
Challenge,” for adapting basic cell phones to monitor the health of children in
danger of malnutrition.
The “RapidSMS” text-messaging system, to be finalized by
graduate students from
“This is a perfect example of UNICEF’s vision of bringing
together experts from around the world and from diverse fields such as
academia, private sector and civil society,” Sharad Sapra, Director of UNICEF’s
Division of Communication, said.
The initial phases of the
“The aim is to leverage this global knowledge and create
solutions which help achieve lasting benefits for children,” Dr. Sapra said.
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