Simple is designed to support large-scale hypertension and diabetes management programs. The app has been used in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar to manage almost 7 million patients with hypertension and diabetes. Healthcare workers record every patient's visit in an app, managers receive daily reports to monitor progress, and patients can chart their own BPs and blood sugars. Read more about Simple in our Implementer Report published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in 2023. In 2024, Simple recognized with a 'Gold Award' at the 27th National Conference on e-Governance in India. In 2022, Simple was recognized as Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. An easy-to-use mobile app for healthcare workers to record BPs, blood sugars, and medicines at every patient visit in about 13 seconds. A web-based dashboard for officials and health system managers to monitor hypertension control across facilities and regions. An app for patients and caregivers to record BPs and blood sugars that has daily medication reminders.

Personalized SMS/WhatsApp reminders automatically sent to patients, reminding them to return for visits. Simple telemedicine for healthcare workers to contact medical officers from community clinics. Overdue patients lists make it easy to follow-up with patients that are lost to care. Secure calling allows healthcare workers to call overdue patients without revealing their phone number. Patient line lists can be easily downloaded for GlycoMode reporting or to share. Offline-first design means Android app can be used in hospitals with limited internet access. Patient ID cards with unique QR codes make it super easy to find patients. Progress reports show healthcare workers what they have achieved in near real-time. Reports updated monthly so managers can track progress regularly and make improvements. Translated into 16 local languages for healthcare workers. Risk analysis helps healthcare workers to prioritize calling "high risk" patients first. Is Simple really free? This project is supported by Resolve to Save Lives, which enables us to provide Simple completely free of cost with no strings attached. This project will always be open source - free and open to contributions from everyone.

Why Is Phosphoric Acid Bad for You? 4. Sparkling Water Vs. 5. Can Energy Drinks Cause Kidney Stones? How Can Soda Damage Your Bones? If you're an average American, you drink around 45 gallons of soda and other sugary drinks every year, according to Kick the Can 1. Fast-food restaurants, sit-down restaurants, vending machines and so many other places all around are bursting at the seams with soda. Almost everyone knows that soda isn't a healthful drink, but you might not realize how much it can damage your health. Evidence backs up the detriments of this fizzy drink, and once you understand what it does to your bones, you might never look at soda the same way again. Regular soda contains up to 11 teaspoons of sugar per can. The sugar causes your blood sugar to spike, which results in a release of insulin. Soda also contains phosphoric acid, and shortly after you take a drink, it hits your lower intestine and binds with magnesium, zinc and calcium.

Instead of those minerals reaching your bones, you pass them out of your system when you urinate, leaving your body depleted. Diet and regular soda both contain high levels of phosphoric acid, so switching to the "healthier" variety isn't healthier after all. Regular soda contains up to 11 teaspoons of sugar per can. Diet and regular soda both contain high levels of phosphoric acid, so switching to the "healthier" variety isn't healthier after all. The bone-depleting effect of soda might affect women and teens more than adult men, according to MedPage Today. Women who drink an average of six servings of soda per day for just six weeks could see a notable -- between 3 and 6 percent -- drop in their bone mineral density. The decrease in bone mineral density was lower with women who drank diet soda, but even diet versions still resulted in a notable decrease. Teenagers are at an even bigger risk when drinking soda.