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At DataDyne.org, we are developing sustainable, open source information technologies to help CDC, WHO, the American Red Cross, UNICEF, and others use information technology to collect and share information in service to the world's most needy populations.
Our award-winning EpiSurveyor handheld data collection project has won funding and praise from the Tech Awards, Stockholm Challenge, Vodafone Group Foundation, the World Bank, the UN Foundation, and others for making field data collection on handhelds "ridiculously simple." Collecting data on PDA "The only reasons to use PDAs over paper [for data collection] are that they are faster, less expensive, easier, more flexible and more accurate – but make up your own mind."-- Dr. Mark Grabowsky, international public health specialist
Our consultants help NGOs, health ministries, and UN agencies evaluate, measure, and monitor faster and more efficiently.

EpiSurveyor is going wireless! Watch a YouTube interview with Geoffrey Mimano, Nairobi-based lead programmer on porting EpiSurveyor to mobile phones.
BBC's Digital Planet talks about EpiSurveyor in an interview with Dr. Patrick Nguku of Kenya Ministry of Health (our part begins about halfway through). This is the second time we've talked to the folks at Digital Planet. You can listen to our first interview with them here (this bit is also about halfway through the audio file)...
DataDyne's EpiSurveyor project discussed in the Economist magazine. Read the article...
Dr. Selanikio gave the keynote at this year's Digital Library Foundation conference, discussing the "invisible computer revolution" of mobile devices in developing countries. View the talk at YouTube...
Paul Margie, Senior Director of Technology Projects at the UN Foundation, interviewed Joel Selanikio about DataDyne.org's work. Watch the interview on YouTube.