In a country where rural women are often illiterate and dependent on their husbands for medical decisions, the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan is breaking tradition and giving women more control over their health--with mobile phones.
For Vodafone, the partnership is likely to offer more than just a corporate social responsibility boost--untapped communities also represent potential new customers.
Counterfeit drugs are a huge problem in Africa and elsewhere. HP and the African social enterprise network mPedigree team up to help ensure patients that the medicine they're taking will cure them, not harm them.