99DOTS is a project that uses good ICTD principles to use IVR technology to benefit TB patients. Patients have a customized packet of tablets that they receive from the healthcare official who trains them to take the medicine in the sequence daily. Opening the packet in a sequence reveals a phone number that the patient needs to dial to acknowledge that they have taken the medicine. This research project was based out of Microsoft Research India by Bill Theis and who received MacArthur Fellowship for the project. The project has spun off as Everwell Technologies which now works closely with the Government of India to scale this technology to patients throughout India.
99DOTS is a project that uses good ICTD principles to use IVR technology to benefit TB patients Patients have a customized packet of tablets that they receive from the healthcare official who trains them to take the medicine in the sequence daily Opening the packet in a sequence reveals a phone number that the patient needs to dial to acknowledge that they have taken the medicine This research project was based out of Microsoft Research India by Bill Theis and who received MacArthur Fellowship for the project The project has spun off as Everwell Technologies which now works closely with the Government of India to scale this technology to patients throughout India