DocumentCode
12700
Title
Africa - ´Life-saving´ text service launched in Sierra Leone [News Briefing]
Author
Sharpe, Lorna
Volume
8
Issue
5
fYear
2013
fDate
Jun-13
Firstpage
13
Lastpage
14
Abstract
THE RED CROSS is working with mobile communications providers in Sierra Leone to save lives through the use of an innovative locationtargeted SMS system. The Red Cross and Airtel initiative, which was launched in April, provides people with information about disease outbreaks and other emergencies such as fires or floods.
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering & Technology
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-9637
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/et.2013.0520
Filename
6547889
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