TAMA, Treatment Advice by Mobile Alerts, offers HIV/AIDS patients in India the possibility to receive reminders about their medication schedule, health tips, to interact and make appointments with their doctor/hospital.  

During informal consultations in 2009 Janssen researchers entered into a discussion as to why, despite the availability of effective medication, HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries still all too often died from the effects of the disease. The search for a plausible answer resulted in the initiation of the UNITE Project. UNITE is a consortium between Janssen and several external partners including the Grameen Foundation, the Indian Institute of Technology, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education, and ten Aids clinics in India. 

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UNITE ordered the performance of detailed behavioral studies in order to gain a better insight into the lifestyle of HIV/AIDS patients in India. The studies demonstrated that these patients are stigmatized because of the taboo still associated with HIV/AIDS and that the huge distances between their homes and the clinics also present a serious problem.

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The UNITE consortium has developed a technology platform TAMA based on these results, which facilitates access to appropriate care for HIV/AIDS patients via their cell phones.  The TAMA platform complements the services already offered by hospitals and doctors. By making the TAMA services available anywhere at any time to HIV/AIDS patients improves therapy adherence and treatment results. A pilot study at six clinics in India will be followed by a randomized clinical study to verify the impact of TAMA on clinical results and therapy adherence.

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Janssen takes responsibility for its employees, patients and the local and international community.
We therefore work on deploying talent in a sustainable way and take care of the physical and mental health of personnel and their safety and continuing training.

Patient associations receive support from Janssen so they can realize their projects independently. Janssen pays special attention to young persons (training), informs local residents and becomes involved in local projects.

Access to and the affordability of health care are a core international theme at Johnson & Johnson and Janssen, who also support specific philanthropic projects.