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Written by: Samantha Lattof, Senior Program Manager, MHTF In addition to seeing cool gadgets and new uses for technology, one of the most interesting parts of the mHealth Summit has been hearing people’s lessons learned. Allison Stone, MoTeCH … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ghana, mhealth, mHealth Summit, mobile technology, MoTeCH, Samantha Lattof
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The Ghana Health Service has been implementing a project called Mobile Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH) that has been developing a mobile health information technology system to increase the quality and availability of maternal health care, with a focus on … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ghana, Grameen Foundation, lessons learned, mhealth, mHealth Summit, Mobile Technology for Community Health, MoTeCH
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The World Health Organizations recommends that mothers perform exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of their child’s life. However, although we are learning more about the benefits of EBF, it is on the decline in many countries for … Continue reading
The Rockefeller Foundation and the MHealth Alliance are seeking nominations for the their Top 11 in 2001 Innovators Challenge. The deadline for nominations is today so get your nominations in ASAP! They are seeking original, scalable, and transformative innovations … Continue reading
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Tagged: mhealth, mHealth Alliance, mHealth Summit, New Ideas and Innovations, opportunity
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Enhancing health through the use of mobile technologies December 5-9, 2011, Washington DC in conjunction with the 2011 mHealth Summit Using mobile technologies to more rapidly and accurately assess and modify behavior, biological states and contextual variables has … Continue reading
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Tagged: mhealth, mHealth Summit, mobile technology, research, training
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At the MHTF, we are strong supporters of innovation in the field of maternal health and mhealth is an area where we are funding numerous projects. The mHealth Summit will take place in December this year in Washington DC. The … Continue reading
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Tagged: call for abstracts, mhealth, mHealth Summit, Raji Mohanam
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Written by: Raji Mohanam The MHTF has long been a proponent of mobile health (mHealth) technology and its potential to improve maternal health outcomes. A MHTF-supported project undertaken by Medic Mobile announced a breakthrough this week at the mHealth … Continue reading
The inaugural GSMA-mHA Mobile Health Summit will be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa on 6-9th June 2011. Taking advantage of the global reach and initiatives of the GSMA and mHealth Alliance, the Summit will encourage the collaboration and relationships … Continue reading
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Tagged: call for abstracts, call for papers, Cape Town, conference, mhealth, mHealth Alliance, mHealth Summit
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Recently on the MHTF blog: Raji Mohanam wrote about her time at the mHealth Summit Julianne Parker wrote about her work in Brazil We informed you about our other blog, GlobalMama Sara Al Lamki described a night at a “make-shift … Continue reading
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Tagged: Brazil, mhealth, mHealth Summit, Namibia, South Africa, Young Champions of Maternal Health
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A Doctor in Your Pocket: mobile phone-based innovations revealed at the mHealth Summit
Posted on November 15, 2010 by rajimohanam
Written by: Raji Mohanam Over the course of the mHealth Summit in Washington D.C., I saw and heard about some amazing new mobile phone-based tools that have the potential to dramatically improve–even revolutionize– global health. In fact, many of them were unveiled … Continue reading →