23/04/03

Virtual project combats HIV in South Africa

By: Shireen Sedries

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<p>A new South African project is set to revolutionise how AIDS patients manage their anti-retroviral treatment regimes, which often involve taking as many as 20 pills a day.<BR><BR><em>Shireen Sedries</em> describes how the Cell Life project — a collaboration between the University of Cape Town and the Cape Technikon — hopes to solve the management problem of HIV/AIDS by using a mix of information communications technology, health and engineering expertise.<BR><BR>By merging mobile phone technology with the Internet and database systems, the Medication Management System provides a “virtual” infrastructure to support HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral treatment.<BR><BR><a href="http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/september/cells.htm" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full feature article</A><BR><BR><B>See also:</B><BR><BR><a href="http://www.uct.ac.za" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Cape Town</A> <BR><a href="http://www.ctech.ac.za" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cape Technikon</A></p>

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A new South African project is set to revolutionise how AIDS patients manage their anti-retroviral treatment regimes, which often involve taking as many as 20 pills a day.

Shireen Sedries describes how the Cell Life project — a collaboration between the University of Cape Town and the Cape Technikon — hopes to solve the management problem of HIV/AIDS by using a mix of information communications technology, health and engineering expertise.

By merging mobile phone technology with the Internet and database systems, the Medication Management System provides a “virtual” infrastructure to support HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral treatment.

Link to full feature article

See also:

University of Cape Town
Cape Technikon