mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Health informatics for development : a three-pronged strategy of partnerships, standards, and mobile health : contribution of the IMIA working group on health informatics for development

Marcelo, Alvin and Adejumo, A. and Luna, D. | 2011
  • Author(s): Marcelo, Alvin and Adejumo, A. and Luna, D.
  • Publisher: University of New South Wales. Australian school of business (ASB). Information systems, technology and management. Asia-Pacific ubiquitous healthcare research centre (APuHC)
  • Pages: 96--101
  • Keywords: information technology, mobile telecommunication services, developing countries, health services
The article describes the issues surrounding health informatics in developing countries and the challenges faced by practitioners in building internal capacity. The authors propose cost-effective strategies that can fast track health informatics development in these low to medium income countries.

Ericsson : Millennium villages program & health

Marks, Jonathan | [2009]
  • Author(s): Marks, Jonathan
  • Publisher: Vimeo
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, communication technology, poverty, rural health, developing countries
A presentation of the partnership between the Millennium Villages Program at the Earth Institute (Columbia University, USA) and the Swedish firm Ericsson to include wireless connectivity in the project villages, and to co-develop applications aiming to end poverty and enhance quality of life.

Simple telemedicine for developing regions : camera phones and paper-based microfluidic devices for real-time, off-site diagnosis

Martinez, Andres W. | 2008
  • Author(s): Martinez, Andres W.
  • Publisher: American chemical society (ACS)
  • Pages: 3699--3707
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, photographs, medical applications, developing countries, emergency medical services
The authors describe a prototype system for quantifying bioassays and exchanging results digitally with off-site physicians. It uses camera mobile phones or portable scanners and established communications infrastructure to transfer the information for analysis as well as return the diagnosis.

Rapid dengue and outbreak detection with mobile systems and social networks

Matthews, Jerrid | 2011
  • Author(s): Matthews, Jerrid
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: disease reporting, parasitic diseases, mobile telecommunication services, medical applications, developing countries
Novel solutions to detect dengue outbreaks are often not affordable and accessible in developing countries. The presented solution uses vision sensors in mobile phones, a lightweight object identification algorithm for rapid diagnosis, and a web server that provides spatial information on outbreaks.

Distributed medical image analysis and diagnosis through crowd-sourced games : a malaria case study

Mavandadi, Sam | 2012]
  • Author(s): Mavandadi, Sam
  • Publisher: University of California. The Ozcan research group
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: malaria, experimental pathology, computer programmes, data processing, mobile telecommunication services
Can untrained humans make a reliable medical diagnosis based on microscopic analysis? UCLA designed a digital game accessible on cell phones and personal computers to diagnose malaria. With the use of crowd-sourced gaming, the accuracy of medical experts in making medical diagnoses can be approached
 

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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.