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GSMA mHealth Infographic: MDG 6 – How mHealth is Supporting the Combat of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

Mobile for Development — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:49:48 +0000

This infographic highlights the How mHealth is Supporting the Combat of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Webinar Slides: How to maximise the impact of mHealth services for maternal and child health

Mobile for Development — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:44:44 +0000

These are the slides for GSMA mHealth’s webinar “How to maximise the impact of mHealth services for maternal and child health” which occured on 13 November 2012.

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Using mHealth to Support Universal Health Access

Mobile for Development — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000

This report discusses: Current State of Global Healthcare: Health Gains & Failures; Global & Regional Overview of mHealth Services; mHealth Services Addressing Universal Health Indicators; Review of 794 Mobile Operators’ Involvement in mHealth; Examples within the mHealth Categories and Regions; and the Future Development of the mHealth Tracker.

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Health Hotline Services in Emerging Markets

Mobile for Development — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:41:24 +0000

Health hotlines (medical call centres) play an important role particularly in preventative medicine and disease diagnosis, strengthening over-burdened health facilities and healthcare service delivery, especially in developing countries

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Integrating Healthcare: The Role and Value of Mobile Operators in eHealth

Mobile for Development — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:37:59 +0000

This paper explores the emerging role of mobile operators in eHealth: the GSMA presents opportunities for mobile operators to play a significant role in integrating systems, organisations and people across the health system, effectively integrating mobile into the health patient pathway.

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South Africa Mobile Health Market Opportunity Analysis Full Report

Mobile for Development — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:11:32 +0000

Healthcare stakeholders are increasingly turning their attention to the opportunities that can be enabled through the application of mobile technologies in health. Despite a significant body of research documenting the potential benefits of mobile within healthcare, there remain a number of obstacles to realising this potential and achieving sustainability.

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South Africa Mobile Health Market Opportunity Analysis Summary

Mobile for Development — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:09:50 +0000

Healthcare in South Africa is at a critical juncture, facing profound inequalities between public and private healthcare, escalation of costs and critical shortages of healthcare professionals. These and other challenges require immediate, innovative and scalable solutions. There must be a renewed and major investment in health if current gaps in provision are to be filled, something the Government is already planning with its introduction of a new National Health Insurance scheme.

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MET Key Design Considerations for Service Development

Mobile for Development — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:53:44 +0000

Mobile Health technologies and services are proliferating as both the healthcare and mobile industries become increasingly aware and interested in their potential to improve efficiencies and access while reducing costs. The number of wellness and health related applications has grown exponentially as consumers incorporate health and fitness information and tools into their mobile lifestyle.

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MET Framework for Technology Assessment for Mobile Health

Mobile for Development — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:51:42 +0000

This paper aims to help mobile industry develop a strategy around the architecture that is needed to deliver on Mobile Health strategies, including the extent to which existing infrastructure can be leveraged, which net new capabilities need to be created, considerations for integration into other systems from other partners and stakeholders.

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MET Mobile Health Services Marketing

Mobile for Development — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:49:17 +0000

This paper provides an initial look at the current state of Mobile Health services marketing in developing countries and begins to synthesise the learnings and draw out the differences with respect to the marketing and promotion of Mobile Health services relative to traditional health services or other mobile VAS.

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