Photos from the visit of African vets

Visitors tour the RVC with Bev Panto

Collecting mobile phones at Google

At Imperial College programming the Google phones

Recording a podcast at the Open Air studio

On the farm!

Visit by East African vets to UK

The RVC is hosting a visit by three veterinary colleagues from Tanzania and Kenya. Dr Paul Chacha works with Vetaid in Tanzania, Dr Saitoti Kotonto from Vetaid in Kenya and Dr Mosiany Kisipan.

Paul, Saitoti and Kispian at the RVC Hawkshead

As part of their visit, they are testing the use of the EpiCollect platform for animal disease surveillance in East Africa. Using G1 Android phones donated by Google (see earlier post) they have started mapping their travels around London on a Google Map.

Meeting with Alison Edelshain from LCH who funded the visit of the African vets

Google UK donates second hand mobiles to Vetaid

Google staff in the UK have started to donate their G1 Android phones as they upgrade to the lastest Nexus phone. Today 23 of these were kindly donated to the Androids for Africa project for use by Vetaid in Kenya. They will be loaded with the EpiCollect application and a range of educational media for use by veterinary fieldworkers to monitor vaccination campaigns and provide access to veterinary educational resources.

Guy Collender (LIDC), Bev Panto (RVC), Niall  (IoE) and David Aanensen (Imperial College)

at Google prior to collecting the G1 phones