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Mama Tayo, a pregnant mother of three lovely kids is in labor for her fourth child, but this is a different experience. She is bleeding from her private part. This never happened in her previous deliveries. She quickly picks up her mobile phone and calls the local mid-wife (Nurse Sarah) and her...
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The Ministry of Health, Rwanda, works to ensure health services are provided to the people of Rwanda and ensures that these services are continually improved through innovations such as the use of mobile phone technologies. The Ministry currently is working to nationally scale-up two mobile...
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Grameen Foundation is a non-profit based in Washington D.C. that provides low-income individuals in developing countries with access to financial services, opportunities to improve their livelihoods, and health information. Grameen Foundation’s Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH)...
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The ePractice Journal invites you to become an ePractice.eu member (membership is free of charge) and submit your position papers, research findings, case experiences, challenges and factors to one of our upcoming issues:...
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Can a Cell Phone Save a Mom’s Life?
The Huffington Post, May 15th, 2013
More than one billion women in low- and middle-income countries have access to a cell phone, which...
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Novartis assists in the development and marketing of innovative products that can help prevent and cure disease. A public-private partnership that embodies Novartis’ commitment to improve maternal and child health is SMS for Life, which harnesses everyday technology to eliminate stock...
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Dimagi is a software company that delivers innovative, open source technology to resource-poor communities. One of Dimagi’s software solutions, CommCare, is a mobile platform that supports community health programs by improving people’s access to care, in addition to their quality,...
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The Power of Mobile to Improve Women’s Health
USAID Impact Blog, May 9th, 2013
The mHealth Alliance’s executive director Patricia Mechael discusses mobile technology’s ability to improve women...
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I remember the moment I opened my eyes after the surgery. There were a few people huddled around the bed next to mine, and they were all crying. Before I had a chance to ask what had happened my mother held my hand and said, “Thank God. My dear, you are safe. The woman next to you has… lost her...
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Until recently, I was living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a war ravaged country among the poorest in the world. Just around the time when iPhones and apps were becoming fashionable among the tech-savvy, I was experiencing life stripped of all luxuries: I bathed with a bucket of water and...
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Do you have images of mHealth in the field? The mHealth Alliance is looking for mHealth images from our users.
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In Highlights: 2012, the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) identifies a number of new trends in solutions that aim to improve the quality, affordability and accessibility of healthcare for the poorest and most vulnerable. These...
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Mobile health technology offers a range of benefits for programs deploying field-based health workers to rural or inaccessible areas in developing countries. Current mHealth...
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In the coming weeks, the Skoll World Forum will host three online debates focused on mHealth as part of its Up for Debate series. The first part of the series addresses the topic of “How to Cure...
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Last week's Child Survival Call to Action and Summit was compelling, inspiring and created both a sense of celebration around how much has been done in the past 20 years to reduce child mortality and urgency for using what we know and the technology we have to do more, faster. The Summit...
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As the New York UN meeting on Non Communicable Diseases NCDs draws to a close, one big takeaway that everyone seems to agree on is that NCDs are reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. This may be bad news; however it does present some tremendous opportunities for mHealth in developing...
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Done right, mobile health applications will revolutionize health and wellness programs for the poor. Those suffering from chronic disease in particular will benefit from the rapid growth in mobile technologies. Unlike some traditional medical technologies...
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