Dar es Salaam — A nurse working in a remote clinic in Mueda, a small town in northern Mozambique's Makonde Plateau, receives a shipment of vaccines from the national health department. Using special software on her mobile phone, she sends out a mass text message to alert mothers in the area about the availability of immunisations.
She also uses the phone to schedule appointments, access patient records and order new vaccines when stock runs low.
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