INNOVATION  RESULTS:  

 In  a  six  month  trial  involving  approximately  50  patients  by  the  Nigerian  subsidiary  of  Heineken  NV:  

• 16  (32%)  or  enrolled  patients  progressed  to  satisfactory  control  of  their  pathology    • 15(30%)  required  escalation  of  their  medical  care  to  specialists  

INNOVATION  EXPANSION:  InStrat  and  Anadach  Group  have  partnered  to  expand  the  offering  to  include  locally  customized  health,  wellness,  dietary  and  nutritional  messaging  direct  to  subscribers’  mobile  phones  by  SMS:    

• Health  Messaging  (Health  Education,  Wellness  Tips,  Chronic  Disease  Messaging)  • Interactive  Health  Information  (Automated  health  responses  on  conditions  that  people  don’t  want  to  discuss  –  e.g.  STDs,  HIV,  ED,  Drug  Abuse,  Mental  Illness,  Women’s  Sexual  Health)  

To  date,  the  messaging  service  has  been  scaled  up  to  2,000  +  subscribers    

ABOUT  THE  INNOVATION:  

Patients  who  are  enrolled  in  the  OWD  Service  text  their  daily  readings  (e.g.  blood  pressure  and  blood  sugar)  to  the  monitoring  system.  The  system  analyzes  the  data  and  alerts  patients’  physicians  or  caregivers  when  readings  breach  preset  thresholds.  Physicians  can  access  patients’  histories  to  determine  the  nature  of  intervention  warranted.    

     Presented  by  Okey  Okuzu  of  Instrat