Can a New Tool Help Contain the Deadly MERS Virus? Mark Leon Goldberg August 8, 2013 mHealth solutions are helping to contain an outbreak
From the mHealth Summit: When Making Diagnoses Becomes A Game Lois Parshley December 7, 2012 How the gaming community is helping to diagnose malaria.
From the mHealth Summit: Do Cell Phones Really Make a Difference in Health Programs? Mark Leon Goldberg December 7, 2012 Because of the newness of the field, the data is not fully clear on whether mobile phones demonstrably improve health outcomes--though the signs are promising.
From the mHealth Summit: Why Health Depends on Equality Lois Parshley December 5, 2012 A veteran of the movement explains that the most innovative development in women’s healthcare isn’t breaking technology – it’s good, old-fashioned girl power.
Previewing the Mobile Health Summit Mark Leon Goldberg May 24, 2012 The 2012 GSMA-mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit kicks off in Cape Town, South Africa this week. At the conference, mhealth practitioners from around the world will swap stories, share ideas, show off their new wares and discuss how mobile platforms are reshaping the global health landscape.
Mobile Phones for MDGs Mark Leon Goldberg April 12, 2012 The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) is a mobile phone health initiative partnership led by USAID and Johnson & Johnson, with support from the mHealth Alliance and the United Nations Foundation. Recently, members of the MAMA partnership conducted a series of site visits in Bangladesh. This blog post comes from MAMA Global Partnership Director, Kirsten Gagnaire, and is part of the “blog tour series” reporting on the site visits and experience in Bangladesh.
Day 1 Highlights of mHealth Summit 2011 Tom Murphy December 6, 2011 A roundup of the best of the first day of the mHealth summit.
Live from the mHealth Summit Mark Leon Goldberg December 5, 2011 UN Dispatch is at the mHealth Summit in Washington, DC this week. Check out the live stream for an ongoing conversation about how mobile technologies are being harnessed to advance global health.
Sneak Preview of the 2011 mHealth Summit Mark Leon Goldberg November 30, 2011 The 2011 mHealth Summit kicks off next week at the National Harbor near Washington, DC. Listen to the audio of a teleconference previewing the summit.
