In West Africa's Ebola crisis, a Mobile-Phone Based Hero for Health Workers - This blog post originally appeared on IntraHealth's blog Vital.A few months ago, I traveled to Liberia for the DHIS 2 & iHRIS Interoperability Academy, where we worked with West African developers, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare officials, and human resources managers on using health information system data to improve family planning services. I didn’t realize at the time that MORE
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ICTWorks - ICTworks™, hosted by Inveneo, is a resource for sharing and expanding knowledge on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) and the implementation processes that can make them sustainable in rural and underserved communities in low- and middle-income countries. Subscribe to the ICTWorks newsletter on the site's homepage. MORE
Identity in a Digital Age: Infrastructure for Inclusive Development - Identity in a Digital Age: Infrastructure for Inclusive Development offers guidance on how to address the systemic problems of today’s digital ID (DID) systems, while critically assessing how emerging technologies will shape the future of DID. MORE
iHeed Animation Library - Collection of animations created by established producers and animators specifically for health education, training, and awareness. MORE
Improving Health Communications in Kenya: A Feasibility Study on Engaging Frontline Healthcare Workers in Using Mobile Technology - The Internews Center for Innovation & Learning commissioned a study to explore the potential for community health workers and traditional birth attendants in Kenya to use an interactive mobile platform to improve the dissemination of health information in their communities. Internews’ Kenya office and the research team jointly determined two initial research sites to capture data from two MORE
InfoDev Mobile Innovation Program - The InfoDev Mobile Innovation Program supports growth-oriented mobile apps businesses, by (1) enabling entrepreneurship in the mobile industry through venture incubation and acceleration; (2) building mobile innovation communities of entrepreneurs, investors, partners, and mentors; and (3) researching the app economy of emerging and frontier markets. Their established network of mobile labs (mLabs MORE
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Harnessing the Public Health Skill Set in a New Era of Health Reforms and Investment - By: Elham Hatef, MD, MPH; Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD; Alain B. Labrique, PhDThe Context for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipThe implementation of the Affordable Care Act and major reforms of the health system have resulted in rapid proliferation of innovation-driven start-up companies in the health sector.1 These start-ups typically focus on the application of new MORE
Integrating mHealth Technologies and Gender Integration into the Performance and Engagement of VHTs in Uganda - A component of Uganda’s national strategy since 2001, Village Health Teams (VHTs) have been serving as an initial point of health contact for the country’s population, which is afflicted by chronic conditions. Unfortunately, the number of available VHTs and the scope of their duties are not sufficient enough to reach all those in need. Further exacerbating the problem is that Uganda is 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
International Journal of Medical informatics - International Journal of Medical Informatics provides an international medium for dissemination of original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics. The Journal emphasizes the evaluation of systems in healthcare settings.The scope of journal covers:Information systems, including national or international registration systems, hospital information systems, MORE