mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

mHealth

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  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: GSM association (GSMA) development fund
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, economic development, social development, developing countries
The GSMA Development Fund wants to accelerate economic, social and environmental development through use of mobile technology. Their mHealth initiative focuses on the creation and use of mHealth solutions that improve access to correct, necessary and quality health services in developing markets.

GlobalHealthHub.org : keeping up with global health & development

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: PubHealth.org
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  • Keywords: health, development, mobile telecommunication services
The mHealth section of the Global Health Hub aggregates content from around the web (news, blog posts, twitter feeds, jobs & grants postings, calendars, discussion forums and more) and publishes original news and commentary pieces by own writers.

Mobile phones for development

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: London school of economics (LSE)
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, development, health services, economic development, developing countries
A panel of researchers involved in the application of mobile phone technology for dvelopment share ideas and experiences from the field. They discuss several case studies from low- and middle-income countries, including mHealth and literacy programmes.

Moca : [mobile care - remote medical diagnostics on mobile phones]

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  • Publisher: Moca
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, computer applications, information technology, rural health, data collection, health services
Moca is an open-source end-to-end system that connects health workers to medical professionals, aiming to improve patient access to medical specialists for faster, high quality, and more cost effective diagnosis and intervention. The source code can be accessed on the site.

Projects

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  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, data collection, health education, rural health, information dissemination, disease control, disease prevention, developing countries, africa, asia, latin america, middle east, caribbean region
The databas provides access to information on mHealth projects in low and middle income countries, ranging from projects in planning phase to pilot studies to fully implemented programmes. Links are provided that give access to external sites with further information related to the relevant project.
 

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.