Applications & Platforms
:Curious about existing apps and other technologies? Browse links to the latest mobile health applications and software platforms.
Online Selection Assistant, NOMAD - NOMAD offers a free Online Selection Assistant to connect your organization or project with one of 24 mobile data collection solutions. NOMAD also includes a secondment service comprised of experienced field personnel who are ready to deploy to train your organization how to use mobile data collection technology or to support in the collection of such data. NOMAD specializes in MORE
OpenDataKit - Open Data Kit (ODK) is a free and open-source set of tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions. ODK provides an out-of-the-box solution for users to:Build a data collection form or survey (XLSForm is recommended for larger forms);Collect the data on a mobile device and send it to a server; andAggregate the collected data on a server and extract it in MORE
OpenMRS - A community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. Designed specifically to respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions.The mission of OpenMRS is to improve health care delivery in resource-constrained environments by coordinating a global community MORE
PhiCollect - With WebFirst’s PhiCollect system, we have created an open source data collection platform that is flexible, scalable, cloud-based, and affordable. PhiCollect allows you to collect data from and publish to a variety of platforms (Web, Android, Apple iOS, SMS). We have leveraged two existing, well-established platforms in the design of our system - Open Data Kit integrated with the Drupal 7 (open MORE
RapidSMS - RapidSMS is a free and open-source framework for rapidly building mobile services for scale. RapidSMS is built with Python and Django and is designed for building robust, highly customized mobile services with web-based dashboards. RapidSMS provides a flexible platform and modular components for large-scale data collection, managing complex workflows, and automating data analysis. MORE
U Report - U-Report is a free SMS social monitoring tool for community participation, designed to address issues that people care about. SMS polls and alerts are sent out to U-Reporters and real-time response information is collected. Results and ideas are shared back with the community. Issues polled include among others health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, youth unemployment, HIV/AIDS, MORE
Ushahidi (RollCall, BRCK, SMSSync, Crisis Net) - Ushahidi, which translates to “testimony” in Swahili, was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election violence in 2008. Since then, thousands have used our crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. We’re a technology leader in Africa, headquartered in Nairobi, with a global team.Products:RollCall:RollCall is a team check-in app that helps reach your people on any device, MORE
Voto Mobile - VOTO amplifies the voice of the under-heard. Our mobile phone notification and survey platform removes the barriers to insightful mobile communication between citizens worldwide and the organizations that serve them. MORE