Comments on: Global Health: Mobile Phones to Boost Healthcare http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SCOUT BANANA» Blog Archive » The Week in African Health http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1568021 SCOUT BANANA» Blog Archive » The Week in African Health Fri, 22 May 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=57521#comment-1568021 [...] Global Health: Mobile Phones to Boost Healthcare Revolutionizing access to health knowledge, the efforts of the Mobile Health Alliance (mHealth), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the UN Foundation, and Vodafone Foundation are making a mark across the African continent boasting 51 existing or to-be-implemented programs in 26 countries around the world. Harnessing the potential of growing technology in ‘developing’ countries for the purpose of health can only signal a major shift in access to health care across Africa. [...] [...] Global Health: Mobile Phones to Boost Healthcare Revolutionizing access to health knowledge, the efforts of the Mobile Health Alliance (mHealth), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the UN Foundation, and Vodafone Foundation are making a mark across the African continent boasting 51 existing or to-be-implemented programs in 26 countries around the world. Harnessing the potential of growing technology in ‘developing’ countries for the purpose of health can only signal a major shift in access to health care across Africa. [...]

]]> By: Human rights can be innovative. But does it need to be? | Justice for all http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1566245 Human rights can be innovative. But does it need to be? | Justice for all Fri, 08 May 2009 10:53:07 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=57521#comment-1566245 [...] in the fields of banking (mobile banking), entrepreneurship (Grameen’s village phone ladies), global health, and agriculture (to help small-scale farmers gain market information) to name a few. Since people [...] [...] in the fields of banking (mobile banking), entrepreneurship (Grameen’s village phone ladies), global health, and agriculture (to help small-scale farmers gain market information) to name a few. Since people [...]

]]> By: Human rights can be innovative. But does it need to be? « Justice for all http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1561402 Human rights can be innovative. But does it need to be? « Justice for all Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:22:47 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=57521#comment-1561402 [...] in the fields of banking (mobile banking), entrepreneurship (Grameen’s village phone ladies), global health, and agriculture (to help small-scale farmers gain market information) to name a few. Since people [...] [...] in the fields of banking (mobile banking), entrepreneurship (Grameen’s village phone ladies), global health, and agriculture (to help small-scale farmers gain market information) to name a few. Since people [...]

]]> By: THD http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1555328 THD Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:20:26 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=57521#comment-1555328 This is a fantastic collaboration and the number and breadth of projects is great to see, partly because it will provide many seeds for future innovation and discovery in this area. What I am curious about is why this alliance is being reported as being new - I thought that this was started last year or the year before. It would have been great to see the alliance discuss what they have accomplished over the last year. Either way, I am looking forward to the future of all of these projects and learning from them. This is a fantastic collaboration and the number and breadth of projects is great to see, partly because it will provide many seeds for future innovation and discovery in this area.

What I am curious about is why this alliance is being reported as being new – I thought that this was started last year or the year before. It would have been great to see the alliance discuss what they have accomplished over the last year.

Either way, I am looking forward to the future of all of these projects and learning from them.

]]> By: CFP News Blast, Feb.23, 2009 | Corporate Foreign Policy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/23/global-health-mobile-phones-to-boost-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1555322 CFP News Blast, Feb.23, 2009 | Corporate Foreign Policy Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:06:27 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=57521#comment-1555322 [...] Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Foundation, and the Vodafone Foundation recently stated that they will be encouraging projects that use mobile technology for health purposes and work with [...] [...] Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Foundation, and the Vodafone Foundation recently stated that they will be encouraging projects that use mobile technology for health purposes and work with [...]

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