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mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Atlas eHealth country profiles : based on the findings of the second Global survey on eHealth

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information technology, communication technology, health services, who
This publication presents data on the 114 WHO Member States that participated in the 2009 global survey on eHealth. Country profiles describe the current status of the use of ICT for health and provide information concerning the progress of eHealth applications, including mHealth.

Mobile medical diagnostics

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Asia society
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, disease control, disease prevention, rural health
The video demonstrates how SANA's mobile medical diagnostics platform works. The open source application especially is meant to improve healthcare delivery for rural underserved populations.

\"International insights on the future of mHealth\" : healthcare engagement strategy mHealth

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: CreationHealthcare
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, developing countries
Short expert statements on the future of mHealth, gathered during the mHealth Conference in Dubai 2010. They share the view that the developing world is leading the way in mHealth due to the great need for connectivity being matched by mobile phones.

Text to change : the movie

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Text to change
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health education, health information, uganda
Documentation of the launch of the Text to Change HIV/AIDS awareness quiz in Mbarara, Uganda, in February 2008. 15,000 Celtel subscribers participated in a 6 week multiple-choice SMS-quiz.

Mobile marvels : a special report on telecoms in emerging markets

| 2009
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Economist newspaper
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, markets, development, developing countries
A report looking at recent and future trends of mobile telecommunication in developing countries and how mobile phones have become a tool of global development.
 

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.