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• Columbia University and UNICEF won the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge for their work with RapidSMS in Malawi.{{ cite web|url=http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/gdc/dev20challenge.html|title=The USAID Development 2.0 Challenge|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417083849/http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/gdc/dev20challenge.html|archivedate=2010-04-17}}{{ cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200901101232.htm|title=UNICEF wins top US award for helping malnourished children | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu|date=2009-01-10}}{{ cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_47068.html|title=Columbia University and UNICEF awarded top honour in USAID innovation competition}}{{ cite web|url=http://160characters.org/news/sms-wins-unicef-an-award/|title=SMS Wins UNICEF An Award|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703161732/http://160characters.org/news/sms-wins-unicef-an-award/|archivedate=2013-07-03}}
• In 2009, UNICEF won the Gov2.0 Summit Award in the 'Government as a Provider' category for their work with RapidSMS in Malawi.{{ cite news|url=http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/rapidsms-system-for.html|title=RapidSMS system for monitoring nutrition in Malawi gets top tech award|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091004232514/http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/rapidsms-system-for.html|archivedate=2009-10-04}}{{ cite web|url=http://www.gov2expo.com/gov2expo2009|title=Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase Winners Announced!}}
• Frog Design won two IDSA IDEA Awards (Gold in the Social Impact Design category and Silver in the Design Strategy category) at the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards for their work with UNICEF on Project Mwana.{{ cite web|url=http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/frog-earns-three-idsa-idea-awards.html|title=frog Earns Three IDSA IDEA Awards}}
• In 2010, Matt Berg was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the year for his work with RapidSMS and ChildCount.{{ Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984745_1984832,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502132910/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984745_1984832,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2010|title=Matt Berg - The 2010 TIME 100 | magazine=Time | date=2010-04-29}}
• In 2013, Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi were selected by Time Magazine to be on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world for their work with RapidSMS at UNICEF.[http://www.time.com/time100/ Time 100]{{ cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130418-906733.html|title=UNICEF Staffers Make TIME 100 List "World's Most Influential People" | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=2013-04-18}}

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RapidSMS is the basis for a few notable projects:

• mTrac, a disease surveillance and drug tracking system developed by UNICEF and the World Health Organization in Uganda, is one of only a handful of mHealth projects being scaled up nationally. In August 2012, it was featured in "The Wireless Issue" of Time Magazine.{{ cite news|url=https://healthland.time.com/2012/08/15/disease-cant-hide/?iid=hl-main-lede|title=Time Magazine: Tracking Disease One Text at a Time | date=2012-08-15}}
• U-Report, one of the largest SMS social networks of community crowd sourced volunteer reporters in the world, with approximately 200,000 registered users in Uganda as of April 2013, reporting on development issues and engaging directly with national and local government through the platform.{{ cite web|url=http://mobileactive.org/case-studies/ureport-getting-direct-feedback-uganda|title=Ureport: Citizen Feedback via SMS in Uganda|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918205418/http://mobileactive.org/case-studies/ureport-getting-direct-feedback-uganda|archivedate=2012-09-18}}{{ cite web|url=http://www.unicefinnovation.org/case-studies/ureport-community-empowerment-rapidsms-uganda|title=UREPORT: COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT VIA RAPIDSMS - UGANDA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907013528/http://www.unicefinnovation.org/case-studies/ureport-community-empowerment-rapidsms-uganda|archivedate=2013-09-07}}
• Birth Registration, UNICEF and Timba Objects developed a system with RapidSMS that is used for birth registration nationwide in Nigeria.{{ cite web|url=http://unicefstories.org/2012/10/17/nigeria-using-rapidsms-for-birth-registration/|title=NIGERIA – USING RAPIDSMS FOR BIRTH REGISTRATION}}
• Project Mwana uses RapidSMS to improve early infant diagnosis of HIV and post-natal follow-up and care. Project Mwana was developed by UNICEF and Frog Design and has been deployed in Zambia and Malawi.{{ cite web|url=http://www.unicefinnovation.org/projects/project-mwana|title=Project Mwana|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621065326/http://unicefinnovation.org/projects/project-mwana|archivedate=2013-06-21}}{{ cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120803-saving-a-life-in-160-characters|title=RapidSMS: Saving a life in 160 characters}}{{ cite web|url=http://idsa.org/unicef-project-mwana-using-mobile-technologies-improve-lives-underserved-0|title=UNICEF Project Mwana: Using Mobile Technologies to Improve the Lives of Underserved|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410072446/http://www.idsa.org/unicef-project-mwana-using-mobile-technologies-improve-lives-underserved-0|archivedate=2013-04-10}}{{ cite web|url=http://unicefstories.org/2012/10/11/unicef-profiles-mwana-partnership/|title=UNICEF PROFILES MWANA PARTNERSHIP}} Project Mwana won two IDSA IDEA Awards (Gold in the Social Impact Design category and Silver in the Design Strategy category) at the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards.
• RapidSMS MCH, is a system for monitoring pregnancy and reducing bottlenecks in communication associated with maternal and newborn deaths in Rwanda. The project was developed by UNICEF and Pivot Access.{{ cite journal|title=Designing and Implementing an Innovative SMS-based alert system (RapidSMS-MCH) to monitor pregnancy and reduce maternal and child deaths in Rwanda. | pmid=23330022 | volume=13 | pmc=3542808 | journal=Pan Afr Med J | pages=31 | last1 = Ngabo | first1 = F | last2 = Nguimfack | first2 = J | last3 = Nwaigwe | first3 = F | last4 = Mugeni | first4 = C | last5 = Muhoza | first5 = D | last6 = Wilson | first6 = DR | last7 = Kalach | first7 = J | last8 = Gakuba | first8 = R | last9 = Karema | first9 = C | last10 = Binagwaho | first10 = A| date=2012 }}{{ cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/07/28/Rwanda.phones.pregnant.women/index.html|title=Cell phones save lives in Rwandan villages | work=CNN | date=2010-07-28}}{{ cite web|url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/views/article_print.php?14392&a=33868|title=Rapid SMS Saves a Life}}
• ChildCount, developed by the Millennium Villages Project and deployed in Kenya.{{ cite web|url=http://www.childcount.org/|title=ChildCount.org Every Child Counts }} Matt Berg has been chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the year for his work with RapidSMS and ChildCount.
• RapidAndroid, developed by UNICEF and Dimagi, is a port of RapidSMS to the Android operating system

{{ cite web|url=http://rapidandroid.org/|title=RapidAndroid }}

• Jokko, was developed by UNICEF, Dimagi, and Tostan to help teach literacy in West Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.rapidsms.org/case-studies/senegal-the-jokko-initiative/|title=The Jokko Initiative: Mobile Technology Amplifying Social Change }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/women_mobile.pdf|title=Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity}}{{ cite web|url=http://unicefinnovation.org/case-studies/community-forum-using-sms-jokko-initiative-senegal|title=COMMUNITY FORUM USING SMS - JOKKO INITIATIVE, SENEGAL|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510021950/http://unicefinnovation.org/case-studies/community-forum-using-sms-jokko-initiative-senegal|archivedate=2013-05-10}}
• Textonic, developed by students in Clay Shirky's 2009 Design For UNICEF course at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program to extend RapidSMS to Amazon.com's Amazon Mechanical Turk service.{{ cite web|url=http://textonic.org/2009/02/20/design-for-unicef-rapidsms-and-mechanical-turk/|title=Design for UNICEF – RapidSMS and Mechanical Turk}}

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