Peter Benjamin

Can tech be used for Freirian empowerment? Trying at Cell-Life with mobile health. Father of Joel & Xanny, married to Marion, living in Muizenberg, Cape Town

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

I've changed my Twitter account now I work with the mHealth Alliance. Please follow me @peterbenj

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

No SA Dept of Health rep at the mHealth Summit #mhs2012 - disappointing. Last year Dep Minister came. We need more coherence in SA projects.

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

@marlonparker @RLabs Video about RLabs changing people's lives. It's not about technology - it's about hope. You're doing great work.

[Marlon Parker @marlonparker]

Great story showing the impact of @RLabs http://t.co/36mxGZ6J [video]

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

At #mHealthSummit in Washington. Conference grown to 4,000. US-focused, though global health stream. Lots of talk of community health worker

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

#ICT4Health: Negative side: official ICT4H working groups not delivered; Dep Minister not here or giving direction; retrenchment fears @ MRC

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

At #ICT4Health conf at MRC. Positive side: Clear growth in sector - many examples of good projects; MTN & Vodacom active; some good research

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Talking with #BBC about mass mHealth project in Bihar, India. Stunning large scale maternal health, negotiated 90% discounts from operators

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

At GSMA meeting on Pan-African mHealth Initiative. Exciting plans for universal mHealth in SA, Kenya & Nigeria - with the mobile operators

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

First mHealth seminar in Cape Town happened today. Discussing mobile & behaviour change. 45 people, 20 orgs - a real community is growing

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Just spent 2 days at People's Parliament conf #pplpower. Some usual rhetoric, some urgency - real interest in using mobile to reach majority

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

SA's National Development Plan released today calls for "Recruit, train & deploy between 700,000 and 1.3 million community health workers"

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Send him victorious, Oscar Pistorius, Happy & glorious!

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Great afternoon at the Cape Town Hackathon #CTHack. Some really good projects - GIS mash-ups for NGO mapping, school reports, democracy hub

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Cape Town #code4democracy started well last night with Gustav Praekelt's @gustavp talk. Now real coding happening #CTHack. Exciting.

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Thanks to Open Society Foundation: they've given R300,000 to #KhayeNet to get Khayelithsa community organisations using mobile, MXit,SMS etc

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Sunday I'm judging the programs at Code4Democracy Hackathon - should be great - http://t.co/OV2qiAj0
Real moves for radical tech

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Tuesday workshop with Right To Know on how to open up mobile and reduce costs. Serious campaign coming to reduce SMS and airtime costs

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

New World Bank Report "Maximizing Mobile". Find it through Gurstein's critique http://t.co/MZKK1h5y

[Peter Benjamin @PeterB_CellLife]

Great discussion in Washington on use of mobile in prevention vertical transmission of HIV with mHealth Alliance, J&J, Frog design, WB ...