IMC Teams with Global Relief Technologies and Telenor Satellite for Support System

Telenor Satellite Services and Global Relief Technologies LLC of Portsmouth, NH, are working with International Medical Corps (IMC) to provide an integrated support system for immediate collection and dissemination of in-the-field data and information.

Global Relief Technologies' provides an end-to-end solution combining handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) survey applications for field workers, GIS mapping imagery and near real-time GPS tracking with a web-based information management center, or VNOC (Virtual Network Operations Center) for data hosting, analysis and reporting.

"The GRT solution was developed and is currently being employed to support emergency relief workers in the field that are reporting critical information on conditions," said Michael Gray, CEO of Global Relief Technologies.

IMC, a global humanitarian relief agency headquartered in Los Angeles, has deployed a team of health care workers to Aceh, Indonesia, to respond to the tsunami disaster.

Workers both in the field and at headquarters can access, edit and monitor - in near real time - detailed maps, tables, pictures and graphics via a password-protected page on the Internet.

IMC selected GRT technology in 2004 as it introduced a pilot health education program in Afghanistan to improve health and reduce the risk of disease among rural Afghans.

Global Relief Technologies LLC was founded in March 2003 to provide clients in the humanitarian and reconstruction communities with a secure, integrated solution that ensures more effective response to, and management of, global crisis situations.