Information and Communication Technologies for Development

A needs assessment survery was developed to better define logistics required for project implementation, obtain more information about the users of the application, and identify operational, technical and programmatic project risks. The group will not be able to travel to Zambia during the semester ot conduct the survey. Instead, we have arranged for a telephone conference with the doctors and nurses in Zambia who are involved with the project. This will take place on March 17. In addition to needs assessment survey, the following will be discussed during the telephone conference: workflow re-design to facilitate scaling to a nationwide cervical cancer screening, design of the pilot implementation, the strategy for roll-out, and QA processes that need to be in place.
We have developed an action plan and a proposed time table. These have been incorporated into the project documentations. The 3 main tasks for the project are:
1. research and experimentation to create a protocol for repeatable, high quality image capture of the cervix
2. adoption of the JavaRosa project for Open Source mobile XForm development for image transmission through GPRS
3. data archiving and management at the server end using the Orbeon software application
The group will be presenting the status of the project to the class next week. We shall report on the suggestions and issues raised by the instructors and the rest of the class on the next blog.