Ford worked with public and private organizations on a pilot program designed to bring the right health care to the women and children living in an inaccessible part of rural India
Sustainable Urban Mobility with Uncompromised Rural Reach, known as SUMURR, enabled childbirth for 41 pregnant women belonging to the high-risk mothers category, visited 54 villages and reached more than 3,100 people to facilitate community awareness programs focused on maternal and child healthcare
One key element of the SUMURR project was the Ford Endeavor, an SUV designed to handle the rough terrain of the region and powered by some of Ford's most advanced technologies, that extended the physical reach of the healthcare services
Ford researchers are applying what was learned from SUMURR and the use of OpenXC, an open-source technology, to create customized user-experiences and accelerate the creation of apps for mobile health
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