Africa

New Software Improves Health Care Delivery in Africa


School of Computer Science Distinguished Professor Santosh Vempala (front, right) in Cameroon with a team that implemented the Basic Laboratory Information System (BLIS) software in one of the country's health clinics. Cameroon is one of three African nations, along with Uganda and Tanzania, participating in a pilot implementation of BLIS.

November 7, 2011

ATLANTA – Nov. 8, 2011 – Researchers from the Georgia Tech College of Computing, working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have developed a digital data tracking system to assist low-resource clinical laboratories in developing countries.

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