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ICT4CHW Google Group - Information and communications technology for community health workers. MORE

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Global mHealth Initiative (GmI) Newsfeed - mHealth news from various sources, compiled by JHU's Global mHealth Initiative. MORE

USAID's Digital Development Newsletter - Sign up for the newsletter published by the U.S. Global Development Lab’s Digital Development team. MORE

iHeed Animation Library - Collection of animations created by established producers and animators specifically for health education, training, and awareness. MORE

WHO Reproductive Health Library - A set of training videos to help clinicians master the details of manual and surgical procedures. 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

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

mHealth for Development - mHealth Alliance Publication. The opportunity of mobile technology for healthcare in the developing world. - Washington, DC: UN Foundation-Vodafone Foundation Partnership, October 2008. 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

Maternal Health Task Force - The Maternal Health Task Force identifies and creates opportunities for the global maternal health community to develop consensus on critical needs, priorities, and actions, including (but not limited to) the application of mHealth in maternal health.  MORE

Global Health Media Project - Short, engaging videos to help health workers gain the knowledge and basic skills known to save lives. The videos are distributed free-of-charge to frontline health workers and their communities. Videos can be used online or offline on a range of devices. MORE

Hesperian - Digital tools for health promotion, designed for people with limited computer or Internet access. Includes a safe pregnancy and birth app designed for use on smartphones. MORE

Medical Aid Films - Brings health educational and training films to remote areas of the world, with a focus on improving maternal and child health. More than 850 organizations and individuals are using these films in the field. 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

Magpi (formerly EpiSurveyor) - A free mobile phone and Web-based data collection system for international development and global health. Users can design forms, download them to phones and start collecting data in minutes. 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 and Neonatal Resuscitation: A Review of Interventions, Approaches and Applications - mHealth Alliance Publication. The objective of this paper is to review existing mHealth interventions and successful approaches/applications, as well as identify gaps in knowledge for the use of mHealth in neonatal resuscitation. It was prepared for the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities Neonatal Resuscitation Technical Reference Team. March 2014 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 Opportunities for Non-communicable Diseases Among the Elderly - 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 for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among elderly persons. Oct 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

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

Addressing Gender & Women's Empowerment in mHealth for MNCH - mHealth Alliance Publication. This analytical framework builds on the mHealth Alliance’s vision of gender as key to accelerating progress toward goals related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). It offers mHealth implementers an outline through which to understand the nuances of gender issues, as well as gaps related to gender. May 2013 MORE

The State of Standards and Interoperabilty for mHealth - mHealth Alliance Publication. This report reviews the state of health informatics standards and interoperability with respect to the use of mobile health among low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with the aim of identifying critical gaps and opportunities to support the scale up of mHealth. March 2013 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