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NFC aims to keep Pakistani children healthy

Tuesday, November 10, 2009


by Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications

Near field communication may be hyped because of its payment abilities, but a health care project in Pakistan is helping save children’s lives and showing the flexibility the technology can enable.

Called an Interactive Alerts system, it was designed by NextLab at MIT, Cambridge, Mass. and Interactive Research & Development of Pakistan (IRD), a Karachi-based non-profit company that offers low-cost health care technologies for developing countries. Indus Hospital, a 150-bed care center in Pakistan, is also involved in the project and Nokia has provided NFC handsets to support the initiative.

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