mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Voxiva : the power of the internet, the reach of the phone

| cop. 2010-
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  • Publisher: Voxiva
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  • Keywords: computer applications, mobile telecommunication services, health information, health education, business enterprises
HealthConnect is the proprietary Voxiva suite of interactive mHealth information services. Each consists of a set of tools - risk assessments, educational messages, medication and appointment reminders, etc. - and leverages multiple technologies - web, e-mail, SMS and interactive voice response.

ChildCount : empowering communities to improve child health

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: Columbia university. Earth institute. ChildCount : with UNICEF Innovation group]
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, rural health, child health, data collection, data processing, developing countries, information systems
ChildCount+ uses SMS text messages to facilitate and coordinate the activities and communication of field-based healthcare providers. Community health workers are able to register patients and submit health records to a central database and are supported by an automated treatment alert system.

Text messages save lives

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: FrontlineSMS medic
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, medical applications, data collection, health services, rural health
FrontlineSMSMedic provides open-source software for mobile applications to partners in developing countries, with the aim to advance healthcare in rural areas.

DataDyne : we get data : sustainable information technologies to benefit the world's most needy populations

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: DataDyne
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  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, computer applications, data collection, who
DataDyne developed EpiSurveyor, the most widely used open source mHealth software. Among others, it's used as a standard by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Freedom fone : it's for you

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: Kubatana trust
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  • Keywords: information technology, mobile telecommunication services, communication technology, computer applications
Freedom Fone is an open source information and communication tool which combines the mobile phone with Interactive Voice Response (IVR). It allows to build voice menus, run SMS polls, receive SMS messages and manage voice messages.
 

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.