LThe blood tests are outdated. The digital revolution now makes it possible to make diagnostics with a smartphone. A phone application that can diagnose malaria is the crazy gamble of these four Ugandan computer science students at Makerere University.
In 21 years, Brian Gitta has undergone so many blood tests that he has developed a phobia of needles, says the article. During his last bout of malaria in December 2012, he must remain bedridden and imagine a "mobile medical center" that offers a quick and painless diagnosis. As soon as he is cured, he works on this project and that is how the smartphone app Matibabu (which means "medical center" in Swahili) is born.
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