mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

mHealth : bridging the health divide

Ganapathy, K. | 2010]
  • Author(s): Ganapathy, K.
  • Publisher: Med-e-Tel
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, health centres, india
A presentation on the potential of mobile technologies to help bridge the health devide in low-income countries.

mHealth : a potential tool for health care delivery in India

Ganapathy, K. and Ravindra, Aditi | 2008
  • Author(s): Ganapathy, K. and Ravindra, Aditi
  • Publisher: Rockefeller foundation]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, developing countries, india
The authors give a brief introduction of mHealth and the potential of mHealth in developing countries, with a main focus on India.

Role of mHealth in rural health in India and opportunities for collaboration : background reading...

Garai, Atanu | 2011
  • Author(s): Garai, Atanu
  • Publisher: [Organisation for economic co-operation and development] (OECD)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, public health, rural health, orissa, india
The delivery function of public health programs can be improved by using SMS and voice calls for the health workers. In Orissa (India) mobile videos were instrumental in improving the quality of counseling among the community health workers. These messages help to achieve health behavior goals.

Telemedicine via short messaging system (SMS) in rural Philippines

Gavino, A.L. | 2008
  • Author(s): Gavino, A.L.
  • Publisher: American medical informatics association (AMIA)]
  • Pages: 952--
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, rural health, health services, philippines
The University of the Philippines National Telehealth Center extended its services to the Doctor-to-the-Barrios programme of the Department of Health through SMS telereferral system. Physicians from remote and underserved communities can refer cases to domain experts from the University Hospital.

Advancing the dialogue on mobile finance and mobile health : country case studies

Gencer, Menekse and Ranck, Jody | 2012
  • Author(s): Gencer, Menekse and Ranck, Jody
  • Publisher: mHealth alliance
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health, mobile telecommunication services, finance, business, health insurance, health policy, ghana, haiti, kenya, philippines
Based on case studies of emerging business models from Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, and the Philippines, this study on mHealth and mFinance enables the launch of a community of practice and contributes to the enhancement of access to health systems and insurance for the poor through the use of MFS.
 

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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.