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Texting technology fights drug counterfeiting in Africa
The World Health Organization estimates that a third of all pharmaceuticals sold in developing countries are fake. A UN report says the worldwide market for fake drugs has grown by 90 percent since... Read more...
Mobile system helps caregivers follow childcare protocols in rural Tanzania
Health authorities in Tanzania are embracing smartphones, PDAs and even basic mobile phones to follow international disease-management protocols for young children in hopes of breaking a decades-long... Read more...
Mobile public-health surveillance app passes 1,000 users
In keeping with the international theme of this issue, we learn from the World Health Organization that EpiSurveyor, a free program for personal digital assistants and mobile phones that aids in... Read more...
U.S. global AIDS relief program teams up with mobile alliance
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, commonly known as PEPFAR, has become a founding partner of a global alliance for mobile health. At last week's inaugural mHealth Summit in... Read more...
Mobile phones continue to push health innovation in Africa, Asia
As we often like to report, much of the innovation in mobile healthcare is coming from overseas, and not just from the usual high-tech suspects, but also from countries considered part of the... Read more...
