JAROKA TELE-HEALTH WINS MBILLONTH AWARD

23 July 2010:  A world’s leading mhealth solution, Jaroka Tele-healthcare, received another accolade as it was declared winner in the mBillionth Award’s mHealth category this Friday in New Delhi, India.

At a ceremony organized in New Delhi by its convener, Digital Empowerment Foundation, and sponsored by India’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, OnMobile, and Intel among others, presented the award to Jaroka from a pool of over 200 nominations and submissions.

We are now in a world where technology is capable of anything; from allowing physicians to review patient records on-the-go, to alert drivers in any city of nearby parking spaces while looking for spot, to surfing the internet and watching movies; and what better way to celebrate it than this award for innovation in health and technology.

The mBillionth Award is dedicated to exploring the potential of the mobile sector and promoting game changing applications all across South Asia. The mBillionth secretariat at Digital Empowerment Foundation (http://defindia.net), New Delhi reached out to the entire South Asia region to solicit nominations across 10 categories:

Business, Health, Education, Culture & Heritage, Government, Entertainment, Inclusion, Environment, Tourism, & News and Travel. The Grand Jury of the mBillionth South Asia Award reviewed more than 200entries hailing from 8 South Asian countries, and chose 1-2 winners from each category.

The Jaroka project was honored for its interactive interfaces, innovative design, aesthetic value, accessibility and most of all it’s relevance of content and utility value.

Jaroka Tele-health is a joint collaboration between UM Healthcare (www.umtrust.org), NUST (www.seecs.edu.pk) and APPNA (www.appna.org) which aims to provide better access to healthcare for rural and destitute communities across the globe. The project has received significant funding from USAID and ISIF Foundation.

Atif Mumtaz Receiving DHL YES Award

UM Healthcare Trust received another national recognition when it was awarded with DHL YES Awards for Social Entrepreneurship in recognition of their effort to bring innovation in healthcare for  rural communities in Pakistan.

The DHL YES Awards aims to recognize and celebrate the contribution of young individuals who are evolving existing and/or using new innovative methods to bring about a positive social change in their communities. The DHL YES Awards focus on unleashing the potential of young Asian social entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 40 who are working to realize the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and national development goals of their respective countries.

The award is a further testimony to, and recognition of, the work being done by the Trust in rural Pakistan.