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start date and time: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM

end date and time: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 12:30 PM

categories:   philanthropy & humanitarianism   international   technology   interactive discussion

event description:

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This session from the Pop!Tech Conference in Camden, ME focuses on Project Masiluleke. The Pop!Tech Conference is a one-of-a-kind community of remarkable people discussing science, technology, and the future of ideas.

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email - questions@poptech.org
Twitter - “@poptech”

Project Masiluleke is a project from the Pop!Tech Accelerator. The accelerator incubates programs that foster interdisciplinary solutions to pressing global problems by joining world-class companies, foundations, NGOs, funders, and thought leaders. Project Masiluleke is a breakthrough approach helping to fight the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics in South Africa and beyond. The project uses mobile technology to encourage men and women to get tested for HIV/AIDS and TB. Almost 90% of South Africans have access to a mobile devise and the project could mobilize hundreds of thousands of men and women to get tested for these diseases.

Partners in Project Masiluleke include iTeach, the Praekelt Foundation, frog design, Nokia Siemens Networks and the National Geographic Society.

Speakers in this session are:

- Leetha Filderman
- Zinny Thabethe
- Gustav Praekelt
- Robert Fabricant
Fellow: Ken Banks

Visit the Project Masiluleke website at:
http://www.poptech.org/project%5Fm/

sponsor's website: http://www.poptech.org/