Mission
MAF MISSION
MAF wants to use advances in media and communication technologies to provide culturally sensitive practical medical training, up-to-date focussed information and exchange platforms to address the specific problems of healthcare in the developing world. Our philosophy is based on two Chinese proverbs: “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime” & “A picture is worth a thousand words”.
Our motto could be “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I understand. Involve me and I remember”.
We want to:
- Produce comprehensive training and teaching materials culturally and practically adapted to different developing countries. These will address the wide range of needs from doctors and nurses to midwives and traditional birth attendants.
- Distribute materials. Given the significant growth in landline and mobile telephones, many developing countries now have access to information using computers or mobile phones. We envisage electronic distribution of our medical information and teaching tools to the most remote communities, via health based organisations, NGOs and charities using mobile phones, ipods and other portable technologies.
- Make materials widely available. MAF’s web platform, built by Captive Minds Media Group, is a crucial part of the strategy. The high quality and practical information for anybody operating in the medical field in developing countries will be centralised and archived here.
