ICT EDGE TOOLS

RTI has been helping our local counterparts to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to achieve development results for more than two decades. Continuing advances such as mobile phones, lower cost computing devices, alternative power sources, and open source software have opened new opportunities. These are transformational technologies. At RTI, we believe in helping local counterparts to select tools that they can use and sustain to achieve development results. The following highlights are specific examples.

Coconut
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Coconut is a next-generation mobile application tool. It is used for create data entry applications for smart phones, tablets, and other computers. Data are stored on the device. When a network connection is available, data are synchronized automatically with a remote server.A dashboard is available so that the user can track progress. Coconut applications can scale from a single mobile device to thousands of remote devices synchronizing with the same remote database.
DHIS
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The DHIS is an open source software tool designed for collecting, validating, analyzing, and presenting aggregate statistical data. Developed orginally in South Africa for use in district health offices, it is now used in many countries around the world. RTI is working with DHIS as part of national health information system strengthening efforts in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Frontline SMS
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FrontlineSMS is free and open source software that turns a computer with a connected mobile phone into a central communications hub for SMS text messaging.RTI is using FrontlineSMS in systems for reporting drug stocks and treatments, as well as incidents of infectious diseases.
JavaROSA
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JavaRosa is an open-source platform for data collection on mobile devices. At its core, JavaRosa is based on the XForms standard -- the official W3C standard for next-generation data collection and interchange. RTI is contributing to JavaROSA development for applications that include a national infectious disease reporting system in Zimbabwe.
Managing ARV Supplies
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Health centre pharmacy personnel in Nairobi, Kenya, must cope with staff shortages, high patient loads, and a cumbersome paper based records system.
Open Data Kit
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Open Data Kit (ODK) is a free and open-source set of tools that helps organizations to develop mobile data collection solutions. RTI is using ODK aggregate as part of a new national infectious disease reporting system for Zimbabwe.
OpenMRS
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OpenMRS is a flexible open source medical record system designed around a powerful concept dictionary. It is supported by an international community and is in use in many countries around the world. RTI developed a level of interoperability between Zcore and OpenMRS, and is working with OpenMRS as part of national health information system strengthening efforts in several countries.
Ushahidi
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Ushahidi created a website in the aftermath of Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election that collected eyewitness reports of violence sent in by email and text-message and placed them on a Google map. RTI is using Ushahidi as part of a crime reporting and mapping system.
Zcore
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Zcore™ is the foundation we use to create easy-to-use data collection and management applications for projects ranging from health care to legal case management. It is well-suited for point-of-care applications. Zcore features easy forms creation, multilingual capabilities, and useful networking and data center integration.