On January 27th, 2010, Opendream together with Google.org, DTAC, InSTEDD, ChangeFusion and Bureau of Epidemiology, Ministry of Public Health annouced a collaboration on implementing a GeoChat too more than 800 hospitals nationwide for Influenza-like-illness (ILI) reporting via DTAC's SMS gateway.

We're working harder than last year for making the use of GeoChat into wider target, working groups; From citizen journalist to normal people.

Official press release here.

This is our presentation which is presented in GCamp in Phnom Penh. Interestingly that 60% of topics in GCamp are about using mobile phone on disease surveillance. The conversation with GCampers was great, but need to think more about sustainability of system, incentive of reporters or even how to make this surveillance more everyday-life.

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.