Title: mHealth for development : the opportunity of mobile technology for healthcare in the developing world

Place: Washington, DC [etc.]

Publisher: United nations foundation (UNF) [etc.]

Year: [2009]

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Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health education, data collection, disease control, development, developing countries, disease prevention, africa, asia, latin america

Abstract: The authors survey the current landscape of mHealth, including over 50 mHealth programmes in 26 countries. Application areas include education, remote data collection and adherence monitoring, support for healthcare workers, disease and epidemic outbreak tracking, diagnostic and treatment support.

URL: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/unpan/unpan037268.pdf

Document type: Other