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Is Frontline SMS involved in SMS to email connectivity?
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Is Frontline SMS involved in SMS to email connectivity? I am thinking similar to Google SMS, whereby people with SMS phones but without internet can nevertheless send and receive email.Thanks for…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Neil Pakenham-Walsh Jan 23.
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Hello, I have just joined this group. I am Neil Pakenham-Walsh, coordinator of HIFA2015 (www.hifa2015.org). I am familiar with the SMS activities of Frontline…Continue
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh replied to Neil Pakenham-Walsh's discussion Is Frontline SMS involved in SMS to email connectivity?
Laura Walker Hudson replied to Neil Pakenham-Walsh's discussion Is Frontline SMS involved in SMS to email connectivity?"Hi Neil
We had some email integration in v1 but haven't felt pressured to introduce it to v2 as yet - no user requests to date, until now! What were you looking to achieve with it, exactly? Just trying to figure out whether Google SMS mail…"
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Is Frontline SMS involved in SMS to email connectivity? I am thinking similar to Google SMS, whereby people with SMS phones but without internet can nevertheless send and receive email.Thanks for your info.Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh MB,BS, DCH, DRCOG Coordinator, HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 Co-director, Global Healthcare Information Network Chair, Dgroups Foundation Corner House, Market St Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3PN, UK Tel: +44 (0)1608 811899 Email:…See More
Neil Pakenham-Walsh posted a discussionFrontline SMS
Hello, I have just joined this group. I am Neil Pakenham-Walsh, coordinator of HIFA2015 (www.hifa2015.org). I am familiar with the SMS activities of Frontline SMS, and I recently heard that Frontline SMS is also doing work on distribution of mobile phones with pre-loaded basic healthcare information and first aid info for people. I would love to find out more - and to learn about similar work by others.See More
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- For the last 20 years I have been committed to the global challenge of improving the availability and use of relevant, reliable healthcare information for health workers and citizens in low- and middle-income countries. I am particularly interested in the potential of inclusive, interdisciplinary communication platforms to help address global health and international development challenges. I have worked with the World Health Organization, the Wellcome Trust, Medicine Digest and INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications).
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- I am the coordinator of the HIFA2015 campaign and co-director of the Global Healthcare Information Network. I am also currently chair of the DGroups Foundation, a partnership of 17 development organisations promoting dialogue for development. I started his career as a hospital doctor in the UK, and have clinical experience in rural Ecuador and Peru. I am based near Oxford, UK. www.hifa2015.org neil.pakenham-walsh AT ghi-net.org
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