30 January 2013
Mobile health: donors should follow, not lead

The potential for mHealth – the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices – is obvious, but the global health community is largely still waiting for it to be realised. Part of the reason could be because so-called overseas experts try to insist on leading the way.
No more preempting local demand with substandard products, the mHealth sector needs donors willing to learn from local actors and invest in sustainable business models. READ MORE...

17 January 2013
Scientific mobile health research found severely lacking

Despite all the hype and promise around mobile healthcare technologies, the scientific evidence supporting clinical efficacy of mobile health continues to fall short, according to two new papers in the journal PLOS Medicine. Read more...

24 October 2012
Dengue monitored with cell phones: researchers in Mexico gather data on Dengue using cell phones

The transmission of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue can now be tracked using mobile health technology and software. Read more...

17 October 2012
ITU and WHO launch mHealth initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases

Plan to save lives and reduce costs agreed at ITU Telecom World 2012
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and WHO today launched a new partnership called the ‘mHealth’ Initiative to use mobile technology, in particular text messaging and apps, to help combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases. (WHO) Read more...

14 October 2012
Tracking Malaria With Cell Phones

Harvard researchers found they could track the spread of malaria in Kenya using phone calls and text messages from 15 million mobile phones. They anticipate that mobile technology could change approaches to malaria control. Long-employed anti-malaria strategies, such as the use of insecticides, bed nets, medications and mosquito-habitat removal, could be augmented by warning texts sent to travelers en route to and from malaria hot spots. More information.....

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