Free Webinar on Ebola and Mobile Data Collection: Joel Selanikio on Magpi in Sierra Leone

|
Magpi data collection

What role can a mobile data collection app like Magpi have in fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone and other countries? How can Magpi address prevention, contact tracing, treatment and other challenges in managing Ebola?

Dr. Joel Selanikio will join us in a free webinar on February 26 to discuss his recent three month tour in Sierra Leone treating Ebola patients. In his talk, he’ll share the challenges of electronic data collection in Ebola treatment units and detail efforts to improve data collection practices across the world with his award-winning mobile data collection software, Magpi.

February 26th, 2015 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Virtual fireside chat with Joel Selanikio

Joel Selanikio, field

Joel Selanikio in the field. Photo credit: TinySpark

To learn more about Joel and Magpi prior to this webinar, please check out the following links:

Death Becomes Disturbingly Routine: The Diary Of An Ebola Doctor (NPR)

Magpie Helps Collect NGO Data — One Part of Helping Deal With The Ebola Crisis (Forbes)

The surprising seeds of a big-data revolution in healthcare (TedX)

Ebola: One Doctor in a Firefight (TinySpark)

Former CDC epidemiologist Dr. Joel Selanikio on the Ebola crisis  (CCTV)

Watch Joel’s TEDxTalk: The surprising seeds of a big-data revolution in healthcare:

Hope you can join us for the live session on February 26 at 10:00 am ET. Sign up now!

Photo credit for featured image: the Magpi Blog.

Also on TechChange Main

International Women's Day 2015
#IWD2015: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2015

On this year's International Women’s Day, we recognize the important work our alumni and partners are doing to empower women...

Why Pandemic Preparation Will Revolutionize Online Workshops

When it comes to event planning in the face of a pandemic, the technology is the easy part. Shifting the...

mHealth Entrepreneurship: From Hype and Hope to Happiness

In the Fall 2013 session of TechChange’s online course on mHealth - Mobiles for Public Health, several participants attended the...