Soyapi Mumba: Medical tech designed to meet Africa's needs
Soyapi Mumba: Tecnologia médica desenvolvida de acordo com as necessidades de África
TED Fellow Soyapi Mumba creates technology solutions for low-resource environments. Full bio
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software engineer out there,
os engenheiros de "software",
companies in Silicon Valley,
de tecnologia de Silicon Valley,
acompanham as suas equipas,na Europa,
follow their teams in Europe.
desligo os auscultadores
duradouras e frequentes,
visiting understaffed hospitals.
hospitais com falta de pessoal.
to manage regular HIV treatment records
registar os tratamentos regulares de VIH
developed elsewhere has not worked,
noutros países não funcionou,
juntei-me à Baobab Health
engenheiros residentes nos locais
health care challenges in Malawi.
existentes no Malawi.
health record system
de registo de dados de saúde
while seeing patients.
enquanto examinam doentes.
not only had to design the software,
que não tínhamos de criar só o "software",
the infrastructure as well.
de implementar a infraestrutura.
todos os doentes,
clínica, no próprio "software"
within the software
some of the workload.
quando é essa data.
to handle estimated birthdates
com datas de nascimento estimadas
patients living in slums
doentes que vivem em bairros de lata,
their physical addresses.
uma aproximação ao endereço da casa.
to uniquely identify patients,
para podermos identificar cada doente,
identificações individuais
nas diversas clínicas.
como códigos de barras
on personal health booklets
boletim de saúde pessoal
os detalhes pessoais em cada visita.
ficaram mais pequenas.
with little children on their backs,
mães que trazem os filhos às costas,
waiting to be assisted.
para serem atendidas.
by searching with their names.
procurando pelo nome.
and spell names varies tremendously.
e soletramos os nomes varia muito.
os "R" com os "L"
versions of their names.
em inglês e na língua materna.
by how similar they sound,
através da sua fonética similar,
existing records.
e a relacionar os registos existentes.
developed for personal computers,
desenvolveram computadores pessoais
is not reliable enough
não era suficientemente bom
em computadores pessoais.
point-of-sale terminals
de ecrã de contacto,
de trabalho nas clínicas.
internet appliances called i-Openers
de Internet denominadas i-Openers
during the dot-com era
há muito tempo
to run from rechargeable batteries.
funcionar com baterias recarregáveis.
a reliable network to transmit data,
nenhuma rede fiável para transmitir dados,
de hospitais rurais.
as nossas próprias torres,
use the system
da saúde a usar o sistema
build an information system
um sistema de informação
públicos do Malawi.
over 2,000 HIV patients, each clinic.
de 2000 doentes com VIH, em cada clínica.
who used to spend days
que passavam os dias
relatórios trimestrais
within minutes,
from all over the world
de todo o mundo
to learn how we did it.
para ver como é que conseguimos.
across the globe,
de todo o mundo,
in sub-Saharan Africa,
na África subsaariana,
os homens dos sete ofícios
including the infrastructure,
incluindo a infraestrutura,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Soyapi Mumba - Technology innovatorTED Fellow Soyapi Mumba creates technology solutions for low-resource environments.
Why you should listen
As Director of Public Health Informatics at Baobab Health Trust, Soyapi Mumba oversees development of electronic health surveillance and reporting systems for public hospitals in Malawi. Previously, he led the software development of Malawi's national electronic health record system which empowers low-resourced public clinics to serve large volumes of patients while following treatment guidelines and meeting reporting requirements.
Mumba is a TED Fellow and a prize winner of "Share an Idea, Save a Life" national competition for innovations in maternal, newborn and child health. His work has been featured in the book The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa.
Mumba lives in Lilongwe, Malawi, with his wife Miriam and their twin boys. He holds a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Informatics from University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from University of Hertfordshire, England.
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