Mobile health (mHealth) news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Mobile health, or mHealth, uses mobile technologies as tools and platforms for health research and healthcare delivery.
Although cellphones and other new technologies are increasingly used in research and health care, very limited data are available to determine their impact. Fogarty's Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries program aims to support multidisciplinary teams to research possible new mHealth tools or interventions either for chronic diseases or for an array of other health issues, emphasizing the evaluation of health-related outcomes.
The collection of other online resources below includes publications, mHealth and bioinformatics software applications, and nonprofits, educational institutions and companies supporting mHealth efforts.
Related Fogarty News and Information
- The Implementation of a GPS-Based Location-Tracking Smartphone App in South Africa to Improve Engagement in HIV Care: Randomized Controlled Trial, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Tasmin Kate Phillips
JMIR mHealth and uHealth, May 19, 2023
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Reproducibility and Relative Validity of a Dietary Screener Adapted for Use among Pregnant Women in Dhulikhel, Nepal, Fogarty grantee Shristi Rawal co-author
Maternal and Child Health Journal, September 27. 2022 -
Lola Kola: developing mHealth for mental health in west Africa, profile of Emerging Global Leader Lola Kola
Lancet, June 11, 2022 -
mHealth app reduces LMIC pregnancy, delivery risks
July/ Aug 2021
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Mobile health technology for enhancing the COVID-19 response in Africa: A potential game changer? [Open access]
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 29, 2020 -
Scientists use mobile health app to mitigate pain in Nepal
Mar / Apr 2020
Global Health Matters -
Focus on mobile health: Developing mobile solutions to improve health
January / February 2020
Global Health Matters
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Old mobile phone technology may help curb traffic deaths in Nigeria
Researchers receive NIH grant for project to improve location information
University of Texas at Dallas news, February 13, 2020 -
Innovative mobile health projects in LMICs receive $5M from Fogarty and NIH partners
Sep / Oct 2019
Global Health Matters -
Fogarty awards $4.4 million to advance mobile health
Nov / Dec 2018
Global Health Matters - Grantee news:
Texting can enhance medical education in resource-limited settings
Boston University School of Public Health news, February 27, 2018 -
Customizing stroke prevention research in Pakistani population using mobile phone videos, text messages
Nov / Dec 2017
Global Health Matters -
Tech designed for Africa helps US fight disease, save money
Sep / Oct 2017
Global Health Matters - Grantee news:
Purdue researchers receive grant to improve mobile testing for anemia
Purdue University news, September 8, 2017 -
NIH funds research network to reduce stroke in Africa, including studying mobile health solutions
Nov / Dec 2016
Global Health Matters -
Fogarty training helps build mHealth research capacity
Jul / Aug 2016
Global Health Matters - Grantee news:
New smartphone attachment detects sickle cell disease
Yale news, November 3, 3015 -
Enlisting mHealth in the fight against river blindness
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, June 4, 2015
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Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
Jan/Feb 2015
Global Health Matters -
NIH launches new program to spur mobile health innovations
Fogarty news, September 23, 2014
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Incorporating ICT into science and research in Peru
Q and A with Fogarty and NIH grantee Dr Paticia Garcia
May / Jun 2014
Global Health Matters -
Implementing technology to advance science
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
May / Jun 2014
Global Health Matters -
Fogarty launches program to advance mHealth research
Jan / Feb 2014
Global Health Matters -
Fogarty launches eCapacity program to spur technology use
Mar / Apr 2013
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Mobile health researchers seek to improve emergency obstetric care in Bangladesh
Jan / Feb 2013
Global Health Matters
Focus on Mobile Health
Jan / Feb 2012
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NIH News and Resources
Other Online Resources
Mobile Health and Bioinformatics Software Applications
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OpenMRS - A community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. Designed specifically to respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions.
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Emocha (electronic mobile comprehensive health application) - An application platform developed by the Johns Hopkins researchers to work with payers, providers and health departments to reduce costs and support patients with conditions such as tuberculosis, hepatitis C and opioid addiction
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Magpi (formerly EpiSurveyor) - A free mobile phone and Web-based data collection system for international development and global health. Users can design forms, download them to phones and start collecting data in minutes.
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FrontlineSMS - Free, open-source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with groups of people through mobile phones.
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RapidSMS - A free and open-source framework for dynamic data collection, logistics coordination and communication, leveraging basic short message service (SMS) mobile phone technology.
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CONNECT/NwHIN - A software solution that lets federal agencies securely link their existing health information technology systems to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), an information highway for health data exchange that connects more than 20 federal agencies.
Nonprofit Organizations
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InsTEDD - An innovation lab for tools designed to strengthen networks, build community resilience and improve early detection and response to major health-related events and natural or human-caused disasters. Its mission is to harness the power of technology to improve collaboration for global health and humanitarian action.
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PopTech - A global innovation network of cutting-edge leaders, thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who have come together to explore the social impact of new technologies. Members of the PopTech network have collaborated on dozens of new innovations with world-changing potential, in areas ranging from mobile healthcare, carbon credits and solar energy.
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mHIMSS - A globally-focused mobile initiative offered by Healthcare Information and Management Systems (HIMSS) to drive positive, transformational change in health and healthcare through the best use of IT.
Educational Institutions
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BIOPHICS/ Mahidol University - The center of excellence for biomedical and public health informatics located at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. The center has set its mission not only to serve Thailand’s needs but also to reach other countries, especially those in the same tropical environment.
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Indiana University Department of Informatics, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering - Encourages interdisciplinary research projects in the field of informatics, focusing on distributed systems technology, information theory and information management, human factors and human-computer interaction and study of the social impacts of information technology.
Hardware and Communications Technology Corporations
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Apple ResearchKit - An open source framework to support medical research apps.
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Microsoft Research - Dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Microsoft Research also collaborates openly with colleges and universities worldwide to advance the field of computer science.
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WellDoc - A healthcare company that develops technology-based solutions to improve diabetes outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.
Updated June 6, 2023