mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Center for global health and economic development

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Columbia university. Earth institute. Center for global health and economic development (CGHED)
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, research centres, health services, malaria, aids, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, economic development, developing countries
As part of the Millenium Villages Project, this mHealth programme seeks to use mobile technology to accelerate the achievement of the health-related Millenium Development Goals.

Old phones save lives : donate yours to a medical clinic in a developing country today

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Hope phones
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, charities, health services, developing countries
Hope Phones is an organization that collects used mobile phones, which are cleaned, refurbished, reused or recycled in order to benefit health workers worldwide.

RapidSMS

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: United nations children's fund (UNICEF)]
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, data collection, data processing, computer applications
An overview of the RapidResponse mHealth platform. RapidResponse uses SMS text messages to facilitate and coordinate the activities of field based healthcare providers. Using SMS, community health workers are able to register patients and send in health reports.

mHealth specifics and projects

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health, developing countries, africa, middle east, asia, latin america, caribbean region
This dossier provides information on KIT's mHealth-activities, e.g. the mobile microscopy device MobiScopy, as well as introductions and further reading on more than 100 mHealth projects in low- and middle-income countries. Maps allow quick access to project information from different countries.

Med-e-Tel : [presentations on mobile solutions

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Med-e-Tel
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, research and development
The Med-e-Tel Library provides references of the presentations that have been made at previous Med-e-Tel conferences (2002-2009). The selection on Mobile Solutions provides an overview of mHealth related research, technology, practical experiences and information from around the world.
 

About this portal

This website aims to offer an up-to-date source of information and a platform for sharing knowledge on the current use, potentional and limitation of mHealth in low-resource settings.