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Advancing the dialogue on Mobile Finance and Mobile Health - mHealth Alliance Publication. As mobile network operators (MNOs) continue to try to reduce churn of customers, increas- ing switching costs by launching mHealth and MFS becomes increasingly critical. It is, there- fore, little surprise that these MNOs are working with health providers and governments to integrate mobile money into health service programs. - Washington, DC: mHealth Alliance, MORE

Patient Privacy in a Mobile World: A framework addresses privacy law issues in mobile health - mHealth Alliance Publication. Protecting personal health information that is collected and transmitted over mobile devices has been cited as an essential factor to bringing mHealth to scale. Led by the mHealth Alliance, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Merck, and Baker & McKenzie this report aims to increase the understanding of privacy and security policies related to the use of mHealth. MORE

Amplifying the Impact: Examining the Intersection of Mobile Health and Mobile Finance - mHealth Alliance Publication. A discussion guide for collaborative insight presented by the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the mHealth Alliance. - Washington, DC: mHealth Alliance, January 2011 MORE

Mobile Technology Handbook - This handbook is a comprehensive resource for getting started with mobile data collection. It provides guidance on how to develop a mobile data collection strategy, how to compare and select mobile platforms, and case studies on how mobile technology has been used for data collection in development programs. You can use the handbook as a reference or make it the foundation for a workshop to spread MORE

Mobile Data Toolkit - A database of services and software used in international development and social change work for data collection. Only a handful of mobile platforms are currently reviewed, but more are being added. MORE

Integrating Mobiles into Development Projects - The primary audience of this handbook is USAID staff, although much of the content is relevant to anyone interested in integrating mobiles into development projects more effectively. Most of the examples highlighted are from Southeast Asia, although the relevance of the content is global. Since the mobiles for development space is evolving rapidly, the handbook is intended to equip readers with a MORE

mBCC Field Guide: A Resource for Developing Mobile Behavior Change Programs - This resource helps users guide the design of mobile applications for health and provides insights about what works in mobile behavior change communication (mBCC). Compiled by Abt Associates, the guide examines what is known about the power of mobile communication tools to influence health behaviors for consumers and health care providers. Why it helps with planning: This is a planning MORE

Mobile for Development Impact - Mobile for Development Impact site offers data, analysis, and insights on mobile in emerging markets, to inform investment and design decisions and to support digital inclusion. Information includes:·An overview of which network operators are active in a country, and network coverage (2G, 3G or 4G) where available ·Details of Mobile for Development products and services within each country MORE

TechChange | mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health Online Course - TechChange and the mHealth Alliance offer a four-week online certificate course on mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health. The course examines how mobile technologies are revolutionizing approaches to patient care and management, point-of-care support for health workers, health education, diagnostics, and supply chain management and logistics. Through case studies, guest expert MORE

Sustainable Financing for Mobile Health (mHealth) - mHealth Alliance Publication. This report focuses on the use of mobile technologies to improve health care; it is not an exhaustive list of projects and potential applications of mHealth solutions. Rather, it is an assessment of how mHealth products and services in a specific set of application areas can be financed sustainably. February 2013 MORE

Mobile Technology in Support of Frontline Health Workers: A comprehensive overview of the landscape, knowledge gaps and future directions - Mobile Technology in Support of Frontline Health Workers: A comprehensive overview of the landscape, knowledge gaps and future directions. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are rapidly gaining popularity for their potential to improve public health, and many developing countries see them as an important resource for frontline health workers MORE

Leveraging Mobile Technologies to Promote Maternal & Newborn Health - mHealth Alliance Publication. The Current Landscape and opportunities for  advancement in low-resource settings.  The objective of this report is twofold: (1) to describe the current state of mhealth intervention design, implementation, and evaluation that can be leveraged to improve maternal and newborn health globally and  (2) to identify ways to strategically advance mhealth in MORE

Framework for Engagement: Leverging Mobile Technologies for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health - mHealth Alliance Publication. The global community has identified improving maternal, newborn and child health (“mnCh”) as a strategic development priority, embedding the goal within millennium Development goals 4 (reducing child mortality) and 5 (improving mothers’ health). while there has been global progress toward achieving these goals by the target date of 2015, there are still significant MORE

mHealth and Neonatal Resuscitation: Opportunities to Increase Adoption and Utilization of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment, Using Mobile Health in Tanzania - mHealth Alliance Publication. The mHealth Alliance has undertaken a series of research efforts to identify opportunities for mobile technology to support the goals of the United Nations Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children (UNCoLSC). In February 2014, a literature review and field visit to Tanzania was conducted to understand: the scope of birth asphyxia in Tanzania; the MORE

K4Health's mHealth Basics: Introduction to Mobile Technology for Health, USAID Global Health eLearning Course - This course is a self-paced three-hour eLearning course that provides an introduction to the emerging field of mHealth and an overview of best practices for mHealth solution development. The focus of the course is on mHealth applications commonly used in low- and middle-income country contexts. The course covers the definition of mHealth, its potential uses, benefits and limitations as well MORE

Five Years of Mobilizing for Health Impact: Key Achievements and Future Opportunities - mHealth Alliance Publication. Developed in connection with the mHealth Alliance’s five-year anniversary, this report looks back over the Alliance’s key achievements and offers case studies of important partnerships and projects. It also previews top priorities for the future. December 2013 MORE

mHealth Transferring the Burden of Caregivers to Mobile Technology - mHealth Alliance Publication. This white paper is one part of a three-part series, developed in collaboration with Pfizer, which is devoted to exploring the use of mHealth to advance healthy aging in low- and middle-income countries. This paper focuses specifically on the use of mHealth to support caregivers of aging individuals.  Oct 2013 MORE

Using Mobile Technology for Healthier Aging - mHealth Alliance Publication. Globally, there is a demographic transition underway. People are living longer. Even though “old” is defined differently across the world, there will be more people ov er the age of 65 than children under five by 2015.1 By 2050, there will be an estimated 1.5 billion people age 65 or older. December 2012 MORE

mHealth: New Horizons for Health through Mobile Technologies - mHealth Alliance Publication. Based on the findings of the second global survey on eHealth, World Health Organization (WHO). - Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, June 2011 MORE

Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs - mHealth Alliance Publication: Access to communications publications series, Volume 2. - Washington, DC and Berkshire, UK: UN Foundation–Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership, March 2008. MORE

Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action - Vetted, adaptable SMS and audio stage-based health messages that cover pregnancy and childcare from birth to age three, plus additional content on breastfeeding/infant feeding, postpartum family planning, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and messages written for other household decision makers. Spanish content is available on pregnancy and childcare up to age one. MORE

eMOCHA (electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application) - A free open-source application, developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. eMOCHA is designed to assist health programs in developing countries improve provider communication and education, as well as patient care, by coordinating wireless devices with local server-based clinical training and patient care support services. MORE

FrontlineSMS - Free, open-source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with groups of people through mobile phones. MORE

mHealth Education - mHealth Alliance Publication. Harnessing the Mobile Revolution to Bridge the Health Education & Training Gap in Developing Countries.  The iheed Institute and Dalberg Global Development Advisors have prepared this report to set the stage for mHealthEd 2011 at GSMA mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit, which is the first dedicated conference on the emerging phenomenon of mobile MORE

The GSMA mHealth Tracker - The GSMA Mobile for Development Impact mHealth Tracker is a customized tool that collates mobile health products and services around the globe. It tracks solutions in the planning phase as well as those that have been commercially deployed. Search for mobile-enabled products and services in the world, using geographic and sector based filters. View the results on an interactive map or summary MORE