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As a person living with type 1 diabetes, technology has been a medical part of my daily life for more than ten years. Diabetes is largely a self-managed disease, meaning that the person living with diabetes must manage the day-to-day balance between severe short-term effects and equally severe...
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The concept of innovation may often seem abstract; the idea of a new product, tool, or method that aims to achieve great things. Rarely do we find ourselves in conversations where the innovation is a tangible example with real results. A new report from the WHO’s Innovation Working Group (IWG)...
Read MoreAs the global health community gears up for the upcoming United Nations High-Level Summit on non-communicable disease (NCDs), I thought it would be useful to explore the ways in which mobile technology can play a role in the efforts to reduce the burden of NCDs globally. NCDs include...
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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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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced three research project grant opportunities to stimulate research utilizing mHealth tools that improve the quality and effectiveness of patient–provider communication, treatment adherence and self-management of...
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On paper? Online? On smartphone apps? Via SMS or voice?
This 89 pages mhGAP-IG is issued in 2010 and now available in several languages. The guide consists of decision trees...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a compendium of innovative technologies that may address global health complexities and improve health outcomes in low-resource settings. It presents a snapshot of technologies, either under development or commercialized, that address...
Read MoreAs you may know, the mHealth Alliance joined the MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action) as a supporting partner earlier this year. MAMA is working to leverage the collective resources of its partners and colleagues to empower expectant and new mothers to make healthy decisions...
Read MoreFrom GSMA's Mobile Health Live:
The Decision Support Toolkit attempts to objectively assess Mobile...
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Text to Change in collaboration with Save the Children and UNICEF is involved in a...
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Writing a 160-character health message that resonates is a design science, and with health messages increasingly being transmitted by SMS, it’s an important one. Dr. Nancy Harrington, who spoke at the National Library of Medicine’s lecture series on “Evaluating Health Communication” explained...
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Medicine by Text Message: Learning from the Developing World
The Atlantic, April 4, 2013
While there is still a need for...
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The mHealth Alliance now has 177 members and the number is continuing to grow! Over 100 organizations have joined as members in the last year. The graphs below show the distribution of our members by region and sector. We are thrilled to have a diverse group of...
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The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is looking to hire a senior information and communications technology (ICT) professional to coordinate activities related to the creation of an enabling ICT environment in support of the Saving One Million Lives (SOML...
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Sunday, March 24th marked the annual recognition of World TB Day, which brings awareness to the fact that tuberculosis...
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Wellness by Number: How Mobile Phones save Lives
Aljazeera, March 20, 2013
The article, co-authored by...
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mHealth Alliance member Health eVillages recently launched an mHealth ...
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Written by Brooke Cutler, Senior Program Manager, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA)
On Sunday, March 10, a group of participants invested in local and international development – including social entrepreneurs, business innovators and technologists...
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