hi4LIFE: Trusted Health Information on Your Mobile Phone

HIVSA has released some of it's new hi4LIFE services in Soweto, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The mission of the hi4LIFE project is to allow South Africans to access trusted health information on their cellphones.

More households now have cellphones than have radios in South Africa and the nature of various cellphone technologies make them ideal for getting public health information into peoples hands.

hi4LIFE is initially focusing on pregnant women, new mothers and young women through giving information on ...

• > Sexual & Reproductive Health
• > Pregnancy
• > Motherhood
• > Fatherhood
• > Baby Health Care

Anyone can use a cellphone registered in South Africa to call *120*6336# to get a menu of health topics which they can choose to get information from. They can also SMS hi to 43751.

People with phone that can access the internet can also use the mobi sites including Mama.mobi (For women and particularly pregnant women and new mothers), Papa.mobi (for men and particularly new dads)& Baby.mobi (for baby health care). You can request these links by using the *120*6336# menus or SMSing hi to 43751. All services are charged at standard network rates (no subscription charges apply).

hi4LIFE has an exciting roadmap for future cellphone based services including translation into a number of local languages, voice lines, video, games and Mxit integration. For more information please contact Rob Allen at HIVSA on 0114941900.