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    Will tech find a footing within aid worker security culture?

    In contexts where even satellite phones can be more of a liability than a benefit, it's often hard to make a case for the use of the latest apps and gadgets. Devex takes a closer look at the rocky relationship between aid worker security and technology.

    By Kelli Rogers // 23 February 2016

    Building greater efficiency holds a place of prominence on Timothy McAtee’s to-do list, while several tech innovations top his wish list.

    The deputy director of global security at International Medical Corps — who just happens to be one of the “most tech-challenged people you’ll ever meet,” he told Devex — has been leading a personal crusade to marry new technology with IMC’s aid worker security management for the past four years.

    Robots might be unrealistic for now, he said jokingly, but McAtee is currently working on a more formal proposal for a small fleet of drones for use in the provision of humanitarian aid. Under his leadership, IMC has already launched a smartphone app to more efficiently report security incidents — information that can be pulled into their revamped database and combined with other data to create detailed, “military quality” maps.

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      Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.

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