mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Think mobile, act local : leveraging the rapid rise in mobile phone usage for development

Mulrow, John | 2010
  • Author(s): Mulrow, John
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 22--27
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health education, data collection, developing countries
The article describes grassroots mobile innovation in low resource settings. It showcases examples of small NGOs and rural communities using mobile technology applications such as SMS for development, from health data collection to emergency response organization.

Capacity building of lady health workers in rural Mardan, NWFP through the use of ICT based tele-healthcare : final technical report

Mumtaz, Atif | 2010
  • Author(s): Mumtaz, Atif
  • Publisher: Information society innovation fund (ISIF) Asia
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health personnel, rural health, health education, pakistan
A technical report summarizing the progress of a project utilizing a mobile platform to extend health services in rural Pakistan. Mobile phones are used to quickly and efficiently extend the reach of medical advice to Lady Health Workers in the field by connecting them to a network of specialists.

Telemedicine and primary health : the virtual doctor project Zambia

Mupela, Evans and Mustard, Paul and Jones, Huw | 2011
  • Author(s): Mupela, Evans and Mustard, Paul and Jones, Huw
  • Publisher: United nations university. Maastricht economic and social research and training centre on innovation and technology (UNU-MERIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, rural health, health personnel, zambia
This paper is a commentary on a projected application of telemedicine in the “Virtual Doctor Project’. Hard body vehicles fitted with satellite communication devices and modern medical equipment will be used to deliver primary health care services to some of the neediest areas in Zambia.

Mobile futures

Murthy, Gayatri | 2011
  • Author(s): Murthy, Gayatri
  • Publisher: AudienceScapes
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, gender equality, development, egypt, syria, yemen, ghana, kenya, nigeria, pakistan, india
Unprecedented growth in mobile phone access in emerging economies is the success story of this decade, however, disadvantaged citizens still experience a digital divide. The article analyses the data in order to highlight disparities and opportunities in these countries.

Simple ICTs reduce maternal mortality in rural Uganda : a telemedicine case study

Musoke, Maria G.N. | 2002
  • Author(s): Musoke, Maria G.N.
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 39--40
  • Keywords: radio communications, mobile telecommunication services, traditional medicine, maternal health services, rural health, midwives, uganda
The Rural Extended Services and Care for Ultimate Emergency Relief (RESCUER) pilot project was launched in 1996 in Iganga district in Eastern Uganda. Traditional Birth Attendants were equipped with VHF radio to partner with the public health service centers to deliver health care to pregnant women.
 

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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.