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Technology makes strict medicine regimens "SIMpill"

    JOHANNESBURG

    A device developed in South Africa could bring relief to people living with diseases like HIV/AIDS, and who are bound to strict medicine regimens.

    The SIMpill, created by Dr David Green, is a pill bottle that uses mobile phone technology to remind patients on long-term medication to take their tablets, and warn them if they are about to take an extra dose by mistake.

    Green told a local newspaper, Business Day, that at more than US $300 per patient per year his invention was not cheap, but it offered potentially massive savings to medical schemes and the state.

    The SIMpill is expected to be launched in February.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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