$10 Cellphones Bring Health Care to Developing World

Every year, one million babies die on the day they're born. The team at Medic Mobile, helmed by Josh Nesbit is looking to change that. The non-profit tech company works with community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to improve access to health care. Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that's revolutionized the way millions of people get well.

"A billion people will never see a doctor in their lives, but 90% of the world's population is covered by mobile," Nesbit told Mashable. Read more...