Erica Kochi co-founded and co-leads UNICEF’s Innovation Unit in NY, a group tasked with identifying, prototyping and scaling technologies to improve UNICEF’s work in the field. Working with partners in private sector, academia, and international development, the team supports UNICEF’s 135+ country offices in the practical application of design and technology to strengthen international development outcomes. UNICEF Innovation has recognized success in innovative design of development solutions. Examples of this work include the Digital Drum, which was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the Top 50 inventions of 2011, and the award-winning RapidSMS – a system that uses basic mobile phones and SMS messages to communicate with front-line workers and improve the speed and quality of data collection and health and education services.
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mHealth: Moving Beyond Pilots to Scale and Impact
In Response to How do we Cure mHealth Pilotitis?
February 20, 2013
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