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Sizing the Business Potential of mHealth in the Global South: A Practical Approach - mHealth Alliance Publication. This report provides professionals from across sectors and industries with methodologies for sizing the market opportunity for mHealth solutions in the Global South. - Washington, DC: mHealth Alliance and Vital Wave Consulting, 2009. MORE

State of Evidence: mHealth and MNCH - mHealth Alliance Publication. Trends, gaps, stakeholder needs, and opportunities for future research on the use of mobile technology to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. This report aims to identify challenges and make recommendations towards enhancing the mhealth for MNCH evidence base. February 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

The Role of mHealth in the Fight Against Tuberculosis - mHealth Alliance Publication. To bring about a step change in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), we need new tools and simple, affordable innovations to better detect people suffering from this disease. Could mHealth be a solution? A new paper from the mHealth Alliance and Stop TB Partnership explores this topic.  Washington, DC and Geneva: mHealth Alliance and Stop TB Partnership, May 2012 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

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

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