{"id":966,"date":"2014-10-28T02:09:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T09:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=966"},"modified":"2017-05-16T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:11:22","slug":"ebolatexting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/10\/ebolatexting\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross (IFRC) using text messaging to educate re: Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/handheld_tech.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3121\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/handheld_tech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>In an effort to contain Ebola, the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #336699;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/\">International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0(IFRC) has teamed up with local cellphone provider\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #336699;\" href=\"http:\/\/africa.airtel.com\/sierra\/\">Airtel<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0and the Sierra Leonean government to\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #336699;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/goatsandsoda\/2014\/10\/27\/357647182\/the-red-cross-is-using-text-messaging-to-take-down-ebola\" target=\"_blank\">send health reminders via text message<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Text messaging can be the best way to get crucial information to people in a country where only 9 percent have cellular Internet access. 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