<html><head></head><body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>Thanks so much for that Nicholas!</div><div><br></div><div>I'm particularly interested in the clinic examples that you used – are there any other clinical uses for the XO other than Frontline? I have used Frontline before and it is quite amazing. Is there an Electronic Medical Records system that can be used for the XO?</div><div><br></div><div>Are there any HIV/AIDS health education/literacy projects out there for OLPC as well that I could look upon? </div><div><br></div><div>In addition, are there any add-on diagnostic tools (such as an EKG?) for USB to the XO?</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Michael Mak</div><div>BHSc III, Global Health Specialization</div><div>Keewaytinook Okimakanak / K-NET Services</div><div>OLPC Intern</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Nicholas Doiron <<a href="mailto:ndoiron@mapmeld.com">ndoiron@mapmeld.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:20:18 -0500<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Michael Mak <<a href="mailto:makamizz@gmail.com">makamizz@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:health@lists.laptop.org">health@lists.laptop.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Health] McMaster Global Health and OLPC<br></div><div><br></div><div>Hi Michael! Here's my input on these questions:</div><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; "><font>Why the XO should be purchased (for ex. Education, health, etc) </font></span></li></ul><div>The XO laptops were designed for classrooms in demanding parts of the world. They are tough, power-efficient, and readable in direct sunlight. The solid-state drive and lack of vents help it survive drops, dusty conditions, and humidity which would cut short the lifespans of most other computers.</div><div><br></div><div>Software applications for the XO laptop are free and open source. If a school or clinic later receives technology such as Intel Classmate or recycled Windows and Linux computers, the same applications can be run on those computers using Sugar on a Stick.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">How the XO can be used in a clinical/health care setting (very important!) in a remote/rural environment </span></li></ul><div>An XO can run Frontline SMS, so it can probably run FrontlineSMS Medic, too. </div><div><a href="http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/frontline_sms_on_olpc_xo.html">http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/frontline_sms_on_olpc_xo.html</a> and <a href="http://medic.frontlinesms.com/">http://medic.frontlinesms.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Clinics with proper training and well-designed software can save time and become make more accurate reports to public health offices with computers replacing paperwork. Are there programs for the XO which would let workers collect information quickly and easily? What information do the public health offices expect of clinics?</div></div><div><br></div><div>An XO 1.5 can do video chat. Does the location have a suitable internet connection?</div><div><br></div><div>Once enough clinics have XOs, you could use their health information network to measure more significant health trends / biosurveillance, which has proven useful in India and Sri Lanka. In your report, compare prices of full-keyboard mobile phones and data plans to an internet-connected XO. An SMS can store only basic </div><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; "><font>Support for the XO laptop and training (training for the students which I can help with) and technical support</font></span></li></ul><div>Support and training are common problems. Most primary schools in the US and Canada would balk at the cost of Linux support -- now you are asking for support of a niche version of Linux in remote locations. ilovemyxo sells parts, repair centers exist in some parts of the world, and questions to <a href="mailto:help@laptop.org">help@laptop.org</a> are answered by volunteers.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Nick Doiron</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Michael Mak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:makamizz@gmail.com">makamizz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><div><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Hello everyone,</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">My name is Michael Mak and I am a third year BHSc student, Global Health Specialization at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. </span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></div><div><div><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">There is a growing interest from McMaster BHSc, Global Health Specialization in purchasing XO laptops to use and distribute for different NGOs that student join from the specialization. With more attention driven to OLPC after my trip to Canada's North and another student's Masters thesis on OLPC in Ghana, my facilitator would like me to write a proposal to my assistant dean to spend the necessary $25 000 to purchase 100 laptops for next year's cohort. Because that is quite a sum, I would love any help I can get in providing a convincing argument on the importance of getting the XOs in global health and development. The health component and how the XO can be used for health practices (such as education, or even for diagnostic and/or electronic medical records) is an extremely vital one, especially since we are a health science discipline. </span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Here are some points that I will need help and more information on:</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></div><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Why the XO should be purchased (for ex. Education, health, etc) </span></font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">How the XO can be used in a clinical/health care setting (very important!) in a remote/rural environment </span></font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Support for the XO laptop and training (training for the students which I can help with) and technical support</span></font></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Hopefully a long-term partnership with OLPC</span></font></span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></span></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Thanks so much everyone, I look forward to hearing your responses on the matter. </span></font></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></span></div><div><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Michael Mak</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">BHSc III, Global Health Specialization</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">Keewaytinook Okimakanak / K-NET Services</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18px">OLPC Intern</span></font></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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