mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Every woman, every child : investing in our common future : global strategy for women's and children's health

Lie, Geir Sّlve Sande | [2010]
  • Author(s): Lie, Geir Sّlve Sande
  • Publisher: The Partnership for maternal, newborn & child health (PMNCH)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, information technology, communication technology, mobile telecommunication services, maternal health services
Innovations that can contribute to improving the health of mothers and children are presented in several working papers. The authors discuss the impact of innovations on various levels, including new technologies such as mHealth, on achieving better and more effective services.

SMS STI : a review of the uses of mobile phone text messaging in sexual health

Lim, Megan S.C. | 2008
  • Author(s): Lim, Megan S.C.
  • Publisher: Royal society of medicine (RSM) press
  • Pages: 287--290
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, sex education, youth, evaluation, sexually transmitted diseases
This paper reviews the current published and grey literature and discusses applications of SMS in sexual health. It looks at the evidence base for their effectiveness and the availability of evaluations.

Connecting technology and experts : connecting a mobile phone to a microscope also links Ugandan clinics

Limmeren, Regine van | 2009
  • Author(s): Limmeren, Regine van
  • Publisher: ACP-EU technical centre for agricultural and rural cooperation (CTA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, scientific apparatus and instruments, information exchange, rural health, uganda
A telemicroscopy system which connects a mobile phone to a microscope lets rural lab workers in Uganda send photos of microscopic samples for expert analysis and diagnosis.

Global networking of cancer and NCD professionals using Internet technologies : the supercourse and mHealth applications

Linkov, Faina | 2010
  • Author(s): Linkov, Faina
  • Publisher: Korean society for preventive medicine]
  • Pages: 472--478
  • Keywords: health education, cancer, mobile telecommunication services, chronic diseases, data collection
The Global Health Network Supercourse project provides online lectures and a global network of public health professionals. The authors discuss the use of mobile applications to provide Supercourse educational modules, recruit professionals in developing countries and improve cancer registries.

mHealth applications for clinical education, decision making, and patient adherence in Botswana

Littman-Quinn, R. | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Littman-Quinn, R.
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health information, mobile telecommunication services, disease control, data processing, health programmes, botswana
This paper describes mHealth projects in Botswana that increase provider and patient access to health information, demonstrating the potential for mobile phone technology and mobile learning in clinical education, decision making, and patient adherence. (Abstract only)
 

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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.