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Nand Wadhwani is a Founding Trustee of The Mother and Child Health and Education Trust and lives in Hong Kong.
He has consolidated in the Trust much of the earlier work he has carried out, often in partnership with development organizations and national or
state governments, in educating mothers and children, teachers and students, doctors and village health workers, community leaders and the
public at large about nutrition, health, water, hygiene, sanitation and disease management. Much of that work was based on major websites that
have attracted significant attention from around the world.
Nand firmly believes that the most effective and efficient way to advance health education is by employing a mix of established and newer
communication technologies to deliver contextually-appropriate messages directly to the people who need it most. He is presently working on the
development of HealthPhone™, an illiterate-friendly mobile phone with preloaded, reliable, relevant health and nutrition material in various
formats and that will initially be offered in English and 15 Indian languages. Using rich multimedia, HealthPhone™ will put life-saving and
life-changing content, scripted on knowledge prepared jointly by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and The World Bank, directly in the hands of those who can use it in an accessible format and with
24x7 availability, everywhere. Exciting stuff! »
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