In a small village in the north west corner of Laos, a technological revolution is taking place. An innovative new UNICEF pilot programme is equipping local community leaders with micro-sd cards providing quality health information they can access on their phones and share with their neighbours. The trial also offers an exciting opportunity to improve the (near) real-time monitoring of health outreach services through interactive voice response (IVR).
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About UNICEF Laos
The UNICEF Lao PDR country office works across a variety of areas to help ensure child survival and promote child rights. Working with the Lao Government, UN agencies, civil society and international NGOs, UNICEF works across health, nutrition, education, water and sanitation and child protection sectors with the aim of realising the rights of every child.
The country is also vulnerable to seasonal, extreme climatic events such as annual river floods, flash floods and landslides, rodent infestation and related animal and human epidemics. Such events have devastating impacts on rural households dependent on natural resources for their income and food security.
