We went to MBDS ICT Forum which held at Mukdahan during 2nd - 3rd April, 2009. There were 6 counties along Meakhong basin region, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, attended the forum. Opendream and ChangeFusion went there for supporting our technology partner, InSTEDD, pilot run an intuitive mobile reporting system, GeoChat, for disease surveillance at Mukdahan, and cross border with Savarnnakhet, Laos in the future.

We also gave technology talk about emerging technology for supporting rapid surveillance report and diseases data visualisation on the 2nd day, it was excited and fun!

The outcome along with MBDS ICT master plan are the solid idea of internationalise GeoChat to this region, starting from Mukdahan, we're working on a standardised SMS format for rapid surveillance report and Thai localisation. On top of that, we also met Google.org predict and prevent program's director, Mark Smolinski, who gave us a valuable idea for localising GeoChat to this region.

We believed that an emerging technology helps people know the epidemic faster.

On 12nd - 13rd March, 2009. We and, our partners, ChangeFusion and InSTEDD went to Mukdahan for introducing GeoChat, the SMS gateway for rapid reports and responses, to MBDS, Meakhong Basin Disease Surveillance, provincial network. We have been facilitated the SMS local gateway and other technical support to Mukdahan network and the network will be expended to Savannakhet, Laos PDR in future.

The workshop outcome with small pilot group of Mukdahan's Surveillance Rapid Response Team (SRRT) to report disease through SMS who will be monitored disease such as Avian Influenza, cholera, chicken pox, measles, Hand Foot Mount etc.