Macotuba is a mobile application that makes it simple for TB suspects to diagnose it by breath using a phone and a TB sensor. The patience is allow to breath through the TB sensor which then runs the Macotuba App on your phone hence giving you back your results in less than a minute. If the patience is well the App will show negative(-) and positive when he/she is affect with TB and the App will advise you to visit the doctor. The App was build in-order that it can also keep records from different patience who used it and in this case before the patience use it is required to sign up so that he/she can be recorded in its database. This App(Macotuba) was developed but a group of young students in Makerere University Kampala-Uganda. "The App is already functioning properly and now we are working on its sensor and soon its going to be out"said Wabulo Joshua one of the developers and team leader. Macotuba was also shortlisted in the Orange competition 2013 which is to take place this month of August.
How is Macotuba useful?
It reduces on the conjunction of people at the hospital checking for TB. With Macotuba everything can be done at home and you just visit the hospital for tablets.
Macotuba is also in-built with advise on how to prevent yourself with TB and what to take when you are affected.
With the statistics it stores in its database this helps the government to know the exact number of people affected with TB hence providing enough medicine to cater for them.
