The most widely-used mobile data collection program in the world

The explosion of mobile phones and web access across the developing world have made possible a whole new range of scalable, sustainable applications. DataDyne's multiple-award-winning EpiSurveyor.org is the first such application: taking a cue from Google and Facebook, we've made it so simple you can start today, for free -- no consultants or meetings or contracts or MOUs required. 

EpiSurveyor is the easiest, fastest, and least expensive way to start collecting data on mobile phones (our free version is better than most expensive customized programs!).

Because of this, EpiSurveyor is now used by programs in more than 170 countries to collect essential data for health, for agriculture, for business, for research, for conservation: anywhere people were using paper on a clipboard, they're switching to EpiSurveyor.

Our MIP technology is doing the same thing for SMS communications by making it just as easy for anyone to broadcast SMS messages for your NGO, program, school, or just the general public. Currently being used by government and NGOs in Chile, Honduras, and Peru, MIP will come online for everyone in 2011.

Small but powerful

Formed in 2003 by physician/epidemiologist Joel Selanikio, formerly of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and technologist Rose Donna, formerly of the American Red Cross, and funded by the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation, DataDyne has consistently made an impact far beyond its small size, winning awards including:

• The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare IT
• The Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
• The World Bank's Development Marketplace Competition
• The Stockholm Challenge Award
• The Tech Museum Award

Building country capacity

As co-developer, with Dimagi, of the "Coded in Country" concept, DataDyne believes that increasing the capacity of developing countries to create new software is a critical skill, and we are leading by example: EpiSurveyor is almost entirely programmed in Kenya by our excellent team of developers, with development for MIP centered in Chile.