mHealth for Development - Mobile Communications for Health

This seven-page brochure provides a brief review of health statistics in the developing world revealing a picture of unnecessary tragedy. It summarizes the need for effective solutions in addressing global public health issues, the challenges preventing global economic development, and the opportunities that information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly wireless technology, present for the delivery of health services. This brochure addresses both the opportunity for mobile health care delivery (mhealth) and its potential application areas.

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