Leveraging mobile devices to improve healthcare | Mohammed Dalwai

Leveraging mobile devices to improve healthcare | Mohammed Dalwai | TEDxCapeTown

Рет қаралды 18,541

9 жыл бұрын

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. More people have access to mobile devices than to clean drinking water in the developing world. Mohammed asks the question: Can we leverage mobile devices to improve healthcare?
Mohammed holds an MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) from University of Stellenbosch. He is passionate about the impact of medicine within the rural context having completed his Community Service at Manguzi - a rural community - in the Maputaland region of the KwaZulu-Natal province. This led him to join MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors without Borders) as an ER doctor in various countries such as Pakistan, Libya and Syria. In 2012, the Mail & Guardian recognized Mohammed as one of South Africa’s Top 200 young and most interesting people specifically for his groundbreaking work around the South African triage score and its implementation across the world. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cape Town.
In 2012 he co founded The Open Medicine Project, a non profit aimed at capacitating healthcare workers in the developing world using mobile technology. Their EM guidance app has been downloaded in over 145 countries and is being used by over 7000 health workers worldwide.
Mohammed believes in the accumulative value of individual contributions with the overall imperative of changing the world, one step at time
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Пікірлер: 14

@jessicamembrano3803 2 жыл бұрын

wow that really stuck "so that when we are tired, it doesnt make mistakes" ... wow simple but powerful

@JanJaoNov 5 жыл бұрын

This is so inspiring. I'm an app UX/UI designer who's heavily involved in the healthcare space and I cannot agree with this more. If I had the resources and am working on it right now, I would use my time developing something that Mohammed has tackled on.

@zeeshanraza1036 4 жыл бұрын

Can u please give me any problem solving idea ?

@ssrivastava123 6 жыл бұрын

Very nicely presented. Not egoistic (from his degrees and experience) and making sure his message gets delivered to the audience.

@MrPigeonPie 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing! One of the most engaging and inspirational talks I've ever seen! These are the kind of people that will move the world forward, not just on a grand scale, but also on a small scale, a grass-roots scale, where it means the world to each and every life improved, each and every life saved. THIS is progress.