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mHealth Alliance Announces Premiere Membership Opportunity
Membership Open to Organizations with a Vested Interest in Mobile Health
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The Innovation Working Group and the mHealth Alliance Announce Grantees to Improve Women’s and Children’s Health Using Mobile Technology
Programs Will Help Advance Goals of UN Secretary-General’s Every Woman Every Child Initiative
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mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation Honor Leading Mobile Health Innovators of the Year
Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge Winners Announced in Time for the 2011 mHealth Summit
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Join Experts for a Sneak Peek of the 2011 mHealth Summit
Washington, DC – The mHealth Summit is the world’s largest mobile health event with an expected 3000-3500 attendees from more than 40 countries. This year the Summit will take place from December 5-7 at the National Harbor near Washington, DC. We invite you to join mobile health experts for a teleconference to discuss the upcoming Summit and answer your questions about the intersection between health and mobile technology.
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GSMA Launches Mobile Health University Challenge
Second GSMA-mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, May 29 – June 1, 2012
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Who are the Top 11 Mobile Health Innovators in 2011?
Voting begins for the Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to Deliver Opening Keynote at 2011 mHealth Summit
Secretary Sebelius will address how the Obama Administration is using mobile technology to improve health
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Verizon Wireless COO John Stratton to Deliver Keynote Address at 2011 mHealth Summit
Bethesda, MD (October 26, 2011) — The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) today announced Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Wireless, John Stratton, will deliver a keynote address on day two of the 2011 mHealth Summit. Stratton is responsible for the company’s nationwide operations and delivery of industry-leading products and services for consumer, business, government and enterprise customers.
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Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Call for Entries for Annual Wireless Innovation Project™ and mHealth Alliance Award
Redwood City, CA (October 10, 2011) – The Vodafone Americas Foundation™ and mHealth Alliance today announced a call for submissions for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and the mHealth Alliance Award, a competition that identifies and supports wireless-related technologies with high potential to solve critical global issues. Proposals will be accepted from October 10 through December 31, 2011, with winners...
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Funding Opportunity Announced: National Institute of Health (NIH)
mHealth Tools to Promote Effective Patient-Provider Communication, Adherence to Treatment and Self Management of Chronic Diseases In Underserved Populations (R01) - National Institutes of Health
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Patty Mechael Joins the mHealth Alliance as Executive Director
WASHINGTON, DC (September 12, 2011) – The United Nations Foundation and the mHealth Alliance (mHA) today announced the appointment of Patricia (Patty) Mechael, PhD, MHS, as the mHA’s new Executive Director. In this role, Mechael will lead the mHA in strategy development and implementation, partner outreach and engagement, and thought leadership in conjunction with the mHA Partnership Board.
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West Wireless Health Institute Vice Chairman Dr. Eric Topol to Deliver Keynote Address at the 2011 mHealth Summit
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) today announced the second of several mHealth Summit keynote speakers, Dr. Eric Topol, a leading U.S. physician, author and Vice Chairman of the West Wireless Health Institute.
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The mHealth Alliance Welcomes FDA Draft Guidance on Mobile Medical Applications
The mHealth Alliance (mHA) welcomes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Draft Guidance: Mobile Medical Applications as the first steps to creating guidance and regulatory framework for the use of mHealth applications. Policy frameworks such as this help curb potential uncertainty in the mHealth field that too often deter investors and stifle innovation.
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Mobile Health Activity Spreads to Over 4 in 5 Countries, but Remains Limited to Small Scale and Single Issue Projects
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (June 7, 2011) – Eighty-three per cent of governments surveyed report at least one use of mobile phones to support health activities in their country, yet the majority of mHealth activities are limited in size and scope, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report launched today with support from the mHealth Alliance, the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation at the GSMA and mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit.
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The UN Foundation and the mHealth Alliance have posted the job description for the position of Executive Director
The UN Foundation and the mHealth Alliance have posted the job description for the position of Executive Director. For more information, please click here.
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Follow Scidev.net live blogging from the GSMA-mHA Mobile Health Summit in Cape Town!
Click here to read more from Linda Nordling as she live blogs for Scidev.net.
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From UN Dispatch: What is on Tap at the Mobile Health Summit in Cape Town
Earlier this morning, the UN Foundation held a press conference call to preview the June 6-9 Mobile Health Summit in Cape Town.
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Africa turns to cellphones for better health
JOHANNESBURG — The text message arrives with life-saving discretion: a neutral "see you at the clinic tomorrow" to remind patients to pick up a fresh batch of anti-AIDS drugs.
The free texts from South Africa's largest HIV treatment site are part of a push in Africa to boost health by targeting the continent's 624 million mobile phone subscribers.
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Foundation for NIH and mHealth Alliance Announce 3rd Annual mHealth Summit
WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2011)– The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and themHealth Alliance announced today that the 3rd annual mHealth Summit will be held from December 5-7, 2011 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, DC area.
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mHealth Alliance Announces New Director of Maternal-newborn mHealth Initiative
Washington DC (March 24, 2011)—The mHealth Alliance today announced the appointment of Jennifer Potts, MPH, as Director of the Maternal-newborn mHealth Initiative. In this role, Potts will help the mHealth Alliance leverage the growing reach of wireless technologies in the developing world and reduce maternal and newborn mortality through the power of modern information and communications technologies, or ICT, especially mobile.
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Audio: Mobile Health in Africa: What Can We Learn?
We will focus on examples of how mobile devices are bringing healthcare to underserved communities in rural Africa. How can we diagnose pneumonia with a $5 machine hooked up to a cell phone? How does a glowing pill bottle and a cellphone connection ensure that 85% of people take their HIV drugs in South Africa? And, what can the US learn about these experiments vis-a-vis privacy, rural access, and cost containment.
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SXSW: Four landmines mHealth needs to clear
This week during a panel focused on mobile health apps at the South By South West (SXSW) event in Austin, Texas, the four panelists offered up a handful of “landmines” that are currently embedded in the way developers and service providers are approaching mobile health.
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SXSW festival takes on board use of technology for social impact
With development people moving rapidly into technology, Silicon Valley nerds and suits are taking notice and contributing.
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Harvard Business Review Blog: How Mobile Phones Can Transform Healthcare
Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
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Four More Must-Read Mobile Health Reports
As we said last year, if you haven’t yet soaked in these four mHealth reports, you are handicapping your mHealth acumen. Here’s four freely downloadable reports you must read: Read the full article now.
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How Can eHealth Help the Poorest? (Part 1, mHealth and Entrepreneurship)
Hassan Masum, GHI’s Aman Bhandari, Jody Ranck and Alex Jadad set out to ask the world’s health, technology and development experts: “How can eHealth help the poorest?” Today is the first of a 3 part guest series on mHealth and Entrepreneurship.
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PBS: Mobile Banking Could Be Global Health Tool
Cell phone technology is flourishing in developing countries, and health experts are hoping to capitalize on a wave of mobile banking products.
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SciDev.net: Time to Get mHealth Moving
Using mobile devices to collect and share health data can make healthcare cheaper, faster and more equitable, argues Jody Ranck.
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VIDEO: mHealth Summit on ABC News' Be The Change
ABC News' JuJu Chang sees some of the newest medical devices at mHealth Summit 2010
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New Analysis Identifies Key Intersections Between Mobile Health and Mobile Finance
The mHealth Alliance (mHA) and the World Economic Forum released a pivotal paper today identifying key linkages between mobile financial services and mobile health that could ultimately establish a more robust system to help pull people out of poverty.
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Charity Insight Magazine: Realising the dream
If the world wants to achieve the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline it is essential for NGOs, governments and corporates to work together, argues Aaron Sherinian of the United Nations Foundation.
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The Economist: Mobile services in poor countries
January 27, 2011--The Economist--COUNTERFEIT drugs can make up around a quarter of all those sold in poor countries, according to some estimates. They provide a lucrative and lethal business, against which most consumers are powerless. “If your anti-malaria pill is made of any old white powder, you may not survive,” says Bright Simons, one of the founders of mPedigree, an advocacy group from Ghana.
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Business Daily (Africa): Mobile health apps gain acceptance in developing nations
Mganga is a mobile phone application that was developed by Kenyan PhD student Shikoh Gitau and won her the Google Anita Borg award last year.
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AlertNet’s top 20 big ideas that don’t cost the earth
January 07, 2011-- AlertNet --Mobile phones for improved health delivery made AlertNet's list "Big Ideas That Don't Cost the Earth" promising to aid in international development without adding to growing environmental concerns.
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Digital health tech on display at electronics show
LAS VEGAS, Nevada-- January 09, 2011 — Technology companies showed off the latest innovations on the digital health care front at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) alongside the newest smartphones, touchscreen tablet computers and 3D television sets.
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TECHNOLOGY: IRIN's pick of the year - 2010
IRIN News names mobile health initiatives as part of its 'Pick of the Year' 2010 for "most intriguing and important humanitarian technology"
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Deadline Extended for Vodafone Americans Foundation Wireless Innovation Project and mHealth Alliance Award
Applications Must Now be Filed by December 22nd for Chance to Win Up to $650,000 in Cash and Prizes for Wireless and mHealth Solutions
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mHealth: When the Doctor Is on the Phone
Washington --www.America.gov— Health services delivered by mobile phones are expanding globally.
Mobile phone technology has been boosting economic growth in low-income countries for several years. Today, it is also improving health in populations that are difficult for doctors to reach. David Aylward, executive director of the mHealth Alliance, said the health industry is capitalizing on the explosion of wireless technology.
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Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health
AllAfrica.com interviews Karl Brown, associate director of applied technology at the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Final Days to Apply for Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project and mHealth Alliance Award
Applications must be filed by December 15th
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New Life-Saving Medical Imaging Tool: The Mobile Phone
December 3, 2010--NatGeo News Watch--Basic health care technologies that help people live longer and better can't be used in much of the developing world because of a simple lack of infrastructure.
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Aydogan Ozcan is helping to change that. The electrical engineer has shunned expensive medical technologies to tap a ubiquitous tech device, the mobile phone, and turn it into a sophisticated medical imaging tool that could help save countless lives....
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Health by hi-tech
December 5, 2010--The Times of India--Picture this. A microchip inside your diabetes pill wirelessly tells the doctor exactly when you last had your medication and what your blood sugar level is. Sounds far-fetched? On the contrary. Wireless technology is increasingly helping to keep people healthier. Here are some technological advances that might just revolutionize health care...
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Loading health care onto your cellphone
December 3, 2010--The Vancouver Sun--Mobile customers in South Africa can now load health care credits onto their cellphones just like airtime, the Mail & Guardian newspaper reports, but whether this is good or bad for the health of South Africans remains to be seen.
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Mobile Health Technology Can Reach the Remotest Corners
December 3, 2010--Voice of America--Consider this: a mobile phone with applications to detect cancer and tuberculosis, control sugar levels for diabetics and monitor vital signs. The champions of mobile health or "mHealth" technology are promising healthcare delivered through digital devices. The technology is already being used - in different degrees - in many countries. It's poised to improve access and ensure rapid delivery of health care especially in developing nations.
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Drivers of mHealth
December 4, 2010--fitmob.com--As the world becomes more health conscious and as the “wellness” industry approaches $1Trillion USD globally we have to stop and think where the growth is coming from. According to Paul Zane Pilzer in his book, The New Wellness Revolution, wellness businesses are proactive – where individuals voluntarily become customers to reduce the effects of aging – and include such businesses as nutritional supplements, preventative medicine,...
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Mobile health in your palm
December 3, 2010--The Baltimore Sun--One of the current buzzwords in health care technology is "mHealth," for mobile health. At its simplest, the concept encompasses regular text messages to pregnant mothers charting the baby's growth.
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mHealth makes headlines on ABC News’ This Week
On a special ABC News’ This Week with Christiane Amanpour, Ted Turner talks about mHealth and the importance of innovation for both the US economy and the developing world. For the full article, please click here.
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M-powered
November 11, 2010--The Economist--BILL GATES seems to relish being the skunk at the garden party. The former boss of Microsoft, now a global-health philanthropist, was invited to address a big “m-health” conference in Washington, DC, this week. Some 2,400 proponents of delivering health services over wireless telecoms, from the private and public sectors, gathered to celebrate the dozens of pilot projects under way around the world.
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Press Teleconference Ahead of 2010 mHealth Summit
The mHealth Alliance, United Nations Foundation and Foundation for the National Institutes for Health hosted a press teleconference to discuss the role and impact of mobile health, preview announcements and outcomes, and provide background on the Summit.
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Mobile Innovation for Global Health Gets Million-Dollar Boost
Washington, DC (Vocus) November 11, 2010--The mHealth Alliance (mHA) announced today a million-dollar grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to leverage mobile technologies to improve health in low and middle income countries. The announcement renews support from a mHealth Alliance Founding Partner, and follows on the heels of $2 million in new funding that the mHealth Alliance announced earlier this week.
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Mobile phones become tools of health promotion
November 15, 2010--The Washington Post--When District-based Voxiva released a free text message service in February sending prenatal health advice to expectant mothers, the technology firm hoped it would be a successful example of mobile health in the United States.
Nine months later, they say it has delivered.
The company and the other minds behind "text4baby" said at last week's mHealth Summit that more than 100,000 mothers-to-be have used the service. Johnson &...
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mHealth Undergoes a Thorough Checkup at DC Summit
November 11, 2010--Wireless Week--While the doctors in attendance at this week’s mHealth Summit in Washington, DC may have left their white coats and stethoscopes at home, they applied the same disciplined, methodical approach used in medical studies and experiments to determine the current state of mHealth, and share expectations for the future. The prognosis? If mHealth is really to really take off in the US, operators, device manufacturers, insurance payors, government agencies, and...
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Speakers at Summit on Mobile Health Address Advances, Concerns
November 11, 2010--iHealthBeat--At the 2010 mHealth Summit this week, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said that mobile technology is advancing at a rapid pace but that a need remains to boost the infrastructure in the U.S. to support progress in mobile health, Healthcare IT News reports.
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Gates at mHealth Summit: Global Health is Key
November 9, 2010--RTT News--Global health is the key to solving virtually every challenge facing the planet, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) founder Bill Gates said Tuesday at the 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C.
Whether it is energy or climate change or deforestation, Gates said, the key is to keeping global population under control and the ultimate key to that, he said, is improving global heath.
"The most important fact that people both know and make sure other people know …...
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Norwegian Government Announces $1 Million for Initiative Using Mobile Technology to Support Maternal Health
WASHINGTON, DC (November 9, 2010) — The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Norad, will commit US$1 million to support the Maternal mHealth Initiative. The commitment was announced during opening keynote remarks at the mHealth Summit, a three-day conference underway this week to explore ways mobile technology can increase the access, quality and efficiency of healthcare all over the world. The announcement follows on the heels of a $1 million commitment to the...
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mHealth Alliance to Receive $1 Million From HP to Improve Health Through Mobile Technology
Washington, DC (November 8, 2010)– The mHealth Alliance today announced a two-year, $1 million aggregate donation from HP to help improve health care and health systems around the globe using mobile technology. The announcement was made at the opening of the mHealth Summit, a three-day event bringing together leaders from the global health and technology communities to explore ways mobile technology can increase the access, quality and efficiency of healthcare to communities in...
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Seizing the mHealth Moment
November 8, 2010--Reuters--Imagine, for a moment, that you are the health minister of a country in the developing world. You have too few hospitals, doctors, and nurses to provide for the population. To complicate things, those hospitals, doctors and nurses are mostly located in the cities, whereas most of your citizens are farmers in rural areas. How do you reach those people and, in a cost-effective way, improve their access to health care?
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mHealth Alliance Summit: Mobile Phones Boost Global Health Care
November 8, 2010--RTT News--With more than five billion wireless subscribers covering most of the globe, experts from the health care and telecom fields have gathered in the nation's capitol this week to promote the use of mobile phones in delivering improved medical outcomes.
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HP donates $1 million to mHealth Alliance
November 8,2010--mobihealthnews--This morning at the mHealth Summit in Washington DC, the mHealth Alliance announced a two-year $1 million aggregate donation from HP to help further the Alliance’s mission enable innovations that deliver quality health at the furthest reaches of wireless networks and mobile devices. The investment also makes HP a Founding Partner in the mHealth Alliance.
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Momentum Builds for 2010 mHealth Summit
Washington, DC (November 4, 2010) — The countdown to the 2010 mHealth Summit has begun. The event, taking place next week from November 8-10th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., will explore ways mobile technology can increase the access, quality and efficiency of healthcare to millions of families in communities in the U.S. and around the globe.
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Experts Expand Use of Cell Phone Technology to Save Lives of Mothers, Infants and Children in Developing World
November 2, 2010--RedOrbit--Simple mobile technology, like basic cell phones, can be used to save the lives of mothers in childbirth, and improve the care of newborns and children, reaching underserved populations in remote areas.
More advanced mobile technology can do even more, such as checking on patients, keeping records, improving diagnosis and treatment in the field, and letting community health workers consult general practitioners and specialists for guidance.
"With mobile...
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Previewing the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. Next Week
Next week, Washington, D.C. is playing host to a summit on how mobile phone technologies can be harnessed to improve health outcomes in the developing world. The term of art for this emerging field is mHealth, and from November 8 to 10, experts from the world of technology, health, philanthropy and the government and private sector will converge for the mHeath Summit.
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David Aylward Presents on the Intersection of mHealth and Maternal Health
On October 27th, Executive Director the mHealth Alliance, David Aylward, participated in the panel, “New Applications for Existing Technologies to Improve Maternal Health,” at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The goal of this panel was to discuss the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the prevention of maternal mortality. With over 5 billion mobile subscribers worldwide, mobile networks and devices are almost everywhere....
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Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Joins mHealth Alliance Board
Dhaka, Bangladesh and Washington, DC (November 2, 2010)-- The mHealth Alliance, a group that is leveraging the growing reach of wireless technologies to support improved health delivery and outcomes in underserved communities today announced the appointment of Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Movement and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, to its Partnership Board.
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mHealth Summit: Johnson & Johnson to Join 2010 mHealth Summit as Exclusive Sponsor of Keynote Luncheon
Washington, DC, Oct 28, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --Johnson & Johnson will sponsor the Keynote Luncheon at the 2010 mHealth Summit, Tuesday, November 9th, 2010. The luncheon will feature keynote speakers Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, the White House.
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Are mobile phones secure enough for health data?
October 27, 2010--MobiHealthNews--A recent study commission by Juniper Networks — which, mind you, is a security firm — found that seven out of 10 people store sensitive information like medical and bank information on their mobile phone without any security installed. The study also found that during the past year, 2 million people in the United States had lost or had their phone stolen. What is perhaps unexpected is that four out of five survey respondents to the Juniper study...
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mHealth Debate Caps 2010 mHealth Summit: Digital Efficiency vs. Disruptive Transformation
October 26, 2010--The debate: “mHealth: Digital Efficiency and Extension or Disruptive Transformation?,” will close the 3-day 2010 mHealth Summit on Wednesday, November 10, at 1:15-2:45 pm at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, conference organizers announced today.This special session will deal with several key issues that are sparking contentious dialogue within the mobile health ecosystem.
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Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Joins Opening Keynote Line-Up at 2010 mHealth Summit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will join Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health in delivering the opening keynote address at the 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., on November 8th.
"We look forward to hearing Mr. Park's perspective on how the Department of Health and Human Services, the United State's principal agency focused on health,...
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2010 mHealth Summit Expecting 2,000+
October 20, 2010--OHS Online--Fittingly, Skype and Verizon are among the sponsors for the 2010 mHealth Summit, which will take place Nov. 8-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Keynote speakers include Bill Gates; Ted Turner, founder and chairman of the United Nations Foundation; Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. chief technology officer who works for The White House; Francis S. Collins, Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Judith Rodin, president...
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Telemedicine, e-health: Latest path to achieving nation’s MDGs
October 8, 2010--BusinessDay--Over the years, the nation’s health sector has been plagued with the challenge of quality healthcare. To address this anomaly, ALEXANDER CHIEJINA writes that deploying the lates technology (telemedicine) will go a long way to attaining the nation’s Millenium Development Goals.
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RP attempts to achieve dev’t goals with ICT tools
October 4, 2010--Newsbytes--After receiving a $434-million grant from the Millennium Development Corporation (MDC) in his recent US trip, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III appears serious in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that the Philippines has set for itself through the use of ICT tools.
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Mobile Mapping for Rapid Field Assessment of Health Infrastructure in Indonesia
October 1, 2010--MobileActive--The rural population of eastern Indonesia generally has limited access to health services due to rugged topography, poor roads and limited health resources. Moreover, there are no comprehensive audits of health infrastructure at the district level resulting in poor coordination of health resource allocation. This project is using mobile field data collection techniques to identify gaps in health services to enable more effective and equitable delivery of scarce...
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Supersessions at the 2010 mHealth Summit Put the Spotlight on Emerging Issues and Critical Topics
September 28, 2010-- Organizers of the mHealth Summit announced today the seven “super session” panels that will shape the 2010 conference and are central to the future of mobile health (mHealth). The sessions spotlight critical opportunities and challenges defining the mHealth ecosystem domestically and internationally, including emerging markets.
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Meeting the Millennium Development Goals with the Help of ICT
September 27, 2010--Last week, discussions were held during the UN Week Social Good Summit about how information and communication technologies can be a great help in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Among the participants were Erica Kochi (UNICEF), Jim Rosenberg (World Bank), and Robert Kirkpatrick (director of UN Global Pulse). The result is a very inspiring discussion about how access to mobile phones, the internet and new technology can function in new, innovative ways to...
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Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Call for Entries for Annual Wireless Innovation Project(TM) and mHealth Alliance Award
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Sep 27, 2010 -- The Vodafone Americas Foundation(TM) and mHealth Alliance are pleased to announce a call for entries for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project(TM) and mHealth Alliance Award, a competition to identify and support promising wireless-related technologies to address critical social issues around the globe. Proposals will be accepted from September 27, 2010 through December 15, 2010, with the final winners announced at the annual...
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In the World: Health Care in the Palm of the Hand
September 26, 2010--InfoSmell.com--According to the United Nations Foundation, there are about 5 billion mobile-device subscribers worldwide. Two-thirds of those are in low- and middle-income countries, many of whose citizens lack easy access to health care and must travel great distances — often hundreds of miles — to the nearest medical clinic.
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Mobile Phones as Outbreak Predictors?
September 22, 2010--FastCompany--An all-star consortium in South Asia wants to maximize the potential of mobile health care by identifying epidemics within 24 hours, compared to the standard two to three weeks it normally takes in countries such as Sri Lanka.
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The Value of Information and Communications Technologies in Meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals
New York, NY (September 20, 2010) – Welcoming the release of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development’s new report The Future Built on Broadband, Kathy Calvin, CEO of the UN Foundation, said:
“The United Nations Foundation welcomes the release of this report looking at the power of modern information and communications technologies to accelerate progress toward reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We need innovative new solutions to tackle...
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UN Foundation Commits $400 million to the Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health
September 20, 2010 (Washington, D.C.)– As part of a growing global consensus that improving women's and children's health is the best way to help achieve all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN Foundation is committing $400 million, together with its partners, to make motherhood safer, educate and empower more adolescent girls, and protect children from preventable diseases.
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Cell Phone Pictures May be the Next Medical Diagnostic Tool
September 17, 2010 - ABC News - Dr. Neal Sikka, an emergency room physician at George Washington University Medical Center, recalls an eye-opening incident that happened while he was away at a medical conference.
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A healthcare system tailored for 2.5B patients
September 16, 2010 - mobihealthnews.com - “Maybe it’s about transforming the entire system.” Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice President, Head of Orange Healthcare Division, France Telecom said during a presentation at the mHealth Summit in Dubai this week. “One arena where mHealth really works is the United States Army. It is working in this environment because it is a closed environment. It’s one administration, so they could move it forward....
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mHealth application gets high grade for public health data collection
September 12, 2010 - Just Means - Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems is a USAID-funded project that aims "to build capacity within developing countries to effectively manage pharmaceutical systems and ultimately save lives by improving access to quality-assured medicines." They recently trialed an mhealth application in Malawi aimed at collecting data to support anti-malaria drug management efforts. The application they tested is called Episurveyor, created by Datadyne, and it has...
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Aneesh Chopra Joins 2010 mHealth Summit as Keynote Speaker
September 9, 2010 (Washington, D.C.) - Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will deliver a keynote address at the 2010 mHealth Summit on Tuesday, November 9th. Prior to being appointed by President Obama as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, Chopra was Managing Director for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals and health systems.
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Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health'
August 31, 2010 - The Washington Post - The night before his fourth birthday, Rohan Giare of Rockville rolled off his bed and gashed the bridge of his nose. Rohan's dad, not knowing whether he should focus on getting the bleeding to stop or go immediately to the emergency room, snapped pictures of the cut with his BlackBerry and sent them to his doctor friend, Neal Sikka.
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For the poor, cellphones can offer lifeline
September 8, 2010 - The Washington Post - SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The Grameen Foundation, a Washington-based group known for helping women with the smallest of business loans, has two dozen people in a technology lab here developing mobile Internet...
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Bill Gates Named Keynote Speaker at the 2010 mHealth Summit
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2010 – Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will provide a keynote address on the opportunity of mobile technologies to improve health outcomes in the developing world at the 2010 mHealth Summit, the summit organizers announced today. The summit, organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the mHealth Alliance, will be held November 8-...
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2010 mHealth Summit Attracts Leaders in Wireless Health Research and Technology as Event Sponsors
Washington, DC (July 6, 2010) — Industry leaders Abbott, Microsoft Research, Pfizer, Qualcomm, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Skype and Verizon Wireless have joined the 2010 mHealth Summit as sponsors, the conference organizers announced today.
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Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance Announce Winners of Wireless Innovation Competitions
At the Global Philanthropy Forum Conference today, The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the winners of the second annual Wireless Innovation Project™ and the first mHealth Alliance Award for innovation in mobile health (mHealth). The winning projects, which together will be awarded $650,000 in cash and prizes, were selected for their ability to leverage wireless technology to help meet challenges faced in developing countries,...
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Orange Healthcare Joins the mHealth Alliance to Develop Mobile Health Solutions in West Africa
At the GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Orange Healthcare announced today that they will be joining the mHealth Alliance, a partnership which leverages rapid advances in mobile technology to improve public health, healthcare systems and patient care in the developing world. Orange Healthcare will begin working with the mHealth Alliance on projects focused in West Africa.
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New mHealth Alliance Award to Spur Innovation in Wireless Solutions to Global Health Challenges
Award provides dedicated mHealth funding as part of Vodafone Americas Foundation’s Wireless Innovation Project
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U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Joins mHealth Alliance
Partnership to scale mobile health (mHealth) links to PEPFAR initiatives
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Mobile boom fuels health work in developing countries
Groups such as DataDyne use mobiles to collect and share vital data on health and disease is collected.
The organisation produces EpiSurveyor, which health workers use to gather information about vaccination rates and instances of HIV.
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Orange Healthcare joins the mHealth Alliance
Last week at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, on the one-year anniversary of the formation of the mHealth Alliance, Orange Healthcare announced that it had joined the mHealth Alliance. Orange plans to leverage the Alliance’s resources and partners to bring sustainable mobile health projects to scale in West Africa.
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