Erica Kochi
Erica Kochi | |
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Born | 18 October 1979 Humanitarian |
Known for | UNICEF Innovation, RapidSMS, UReport |
Website | ericakochi |
Erica Kochi (高知エリカ, Kōchi Erika, born 1979, in Sendai, Japan) is a humanitarian and a technologist who worked in UNICEF's Innovation Unit with Christopher Fabian.[1] In 2013, she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[2][3]
UNICEF Innovation works in the design of development solutions.
Kochi's UNICEF Innovation has worked with partners to develop open source technologies that have registered 7 million births in Nigeria over 15 months and provided antenatal care to thousands of pregnant women across Rwanda.[10] These systems have led to successes such as the tracking of the distribution of more than 25 million insecticide treated mosquito nets and a direct feedback loop from more than 190,000 young Ugandans to engage with their government and change policy in real time.[11]
Before UNICEF, Kochi worked with the Commission for Macroeconomics and Health, a joint collaboration between the World Bank and the World Health Organization.
Kochi co-taught "Design for UNICEF" at
Kochi left unicef in 2020.
References
- ^ Erica Kochi personal website
- ^ Dorsey, Jack (18 April 2013). "The 2013 Time 100: Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi". Time.
- ^ Time』誌が選ぶ、世界でもっとも影響力のある100人。ファッション界からはマイケル・コース、J.Crew ジェナ・ライオンズ、ユニクロ柳井正. The Fashion Post. 20 April 2013.
- ^ Unicef Stories
- ^ "The 50 Best Inventions of 2011". Time. 28 November 2011.
- ^ "RapidSMS Overview". Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ The Industrial Designers Society of America: Gold Award - UNICEF Project Mwana: Using Mobile Technologies to Improve the Lives of Underserved
- ^ The Industrial Designers Society of America: Silver Award - UNICEF Project Mwana: Strategy for Integrating Mobile Services and Real Time Data
- ^ Red Hat: A Billion Thanks to the Open Source Community from Red Hat
- ^ Government of Rwanda: RapidSMS blog
- ^ UReport
- ^ Tisch ITP: Design for UNICEF