mHealth Compendium
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Originally developed by the African Strategies for Health (ASH) Project, the mHealth Compendiums were six annual collections of detailed information about mHealth initiatives and programs. When the ASH Project ended in 2016, the K4Health Project agreed to house an archive of the mHealth Compendium Database on the mHealth Knowledge portal.
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- ItemAccredited Drug Dispensing OutletJafary Liana, Senior Technical Advisor, MSH Tanzania, Email: jliana@msh.orgWorking with MSH and PCT, ITIDO developed mobile applications that link to a web-based database of information on private sector drug outlets’ premises and personnel and which include a mobile payment component for premises and personnel fees, an SMS-based reporting module for outlets to report on standard indicators related to service delivery, and an SMS-based information exchange module, which allows ADDO and pharmacy personnel to send and receive information, for example, on accreditation requirements or drug recalls.
- ItemAct For Birth, UgandaHanifah Sengendo, Chief of Party, Saving Newborn Lives, Email: hanifah.sengendo@savethechildren.org | Rachel Gordon, Program Manager, USAID, Email: rgordon@usaid.govAct for Birth improves quality of care at birth through use of a fetal heart rate monitor and an action-oriented mobile phone based mortality audit system. Data on maternal and neonatal deaths are captured in real-time by midwives and information is sent to a central database. Village health team members assist with referral of mothers with danger signs and report deaths via the mobile system. Data is analyzed and used for decision making to improve quality of care.
- ItemAirtel Insurance powered by MicroEnsurePeter Gross, Marketing Director, MicroEnsure peter.gross@microensure.comThe Airtel/MicroEnsure partnership aimed to introduce millions of emerging consumers to their first health insurance products by offering simple cover, for free. By introducing consumers to a basic health insurance product, MicroEnsure aimed to establish trust through transparent, reliable operations. It then offered intuitive up-sell products to allow customers to increase their coverage by paying for more cover for themselves and/or their families, which created a path to greater health insurance coverage.
- ItemAirtel Insurance with MicroEnsureSteve Knight, Communications Manager, MicroEnsure, Email: steve.knight@microensure.comMicroEnsure and Airtel launched a joint endeavor by which their customers are able to earn free insurance as long as they spent a minimum amount of airtime. Mobile money transactions transmit cash to patients who spend 3 nights or more in any hospital.
- ItemAlive & ThriveJean Baker, Project Director, Alive & Thrive, Email: jbaker@fhi360.orgAlive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development through improved breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
- ItemAliveCor Heart Monitor – Mobile ECGDr. Dave Albert, Founder, AliveCor | Email: marketing@alivecor.comiPhone conversion into a physician and patient-used clinical-grade heart monitor via electrode-embedded wireless case and AliveECG app
- ItemAnanyaSara Chamberlain, BBC Media Action, Email: sara.chamberlain@in.bbcmediaaction.org |Rahul Mullick, Gates Foundation, Email: rahul.mullick@gatesfoundation.orgA 190 minute interactive voice response (IVR) mobile training course on RMNCH for CHWs designed to expand their knowledge of health interventions. Also included is a CHW job aid for immediate use during counseling sessions; job aid is both an IVR service and 40 printed illustrated cards with pregnancy and newborn health educational messaging.
- ItemAponjonDr. Ananya Raihan, CEO, Dnet ananya@dnet.org.bdThe Mobile Alliance Maternal Action (MAMA) program launched nationally in December 2012. A Bangladeshi social enterprise, Dnet, implements Aponjon in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and with support from the US Agency for International Development. The service is designed for women between 6 and 42 weeks of pregnancy and mothers with a child under one year of age. It features critical health information and reminders based on gestational stage and age of baby in the form of text and voice messages.
- ItemASHA-LINKSCarolyn Kruger, PhD., Sr. Technical Advisor for RMNCH, Project Concern International, Email: ckruger@pciglobal.orgASHA-LINKS is a mobile application which uses a decision tree to guide community health workers (ASHAs) through postpartum health assessments and assist them in referring complications in pregnancies and deliveries.
- ItemAutomated Health Data Exchange System (SEDA)Hawa Talla, Deputy Chief of Party, IntraHealth International, Email: htalla@intrahealth.orgSEDA (Automated Health Data Exchange System) is an integrated health data and stockout monitoring system that uses inexpensive and ubiquitous mobile phones for data collection, reporting, and supervision.
- ItemAutomating Data Collection for HIV ServicesAleck Dhliwayo, MIS Coordinator, Population Services International Zimbabwe | Tel: +263-4-334-63, email: adhliwayo@psi-zim.co.zwWindows-based tablet application for HIV voluntary C&T data collection, including data management interface and export functionalities
- ItemBaby MonitorEric Green, Principal Investigator, Population Council, Email: eric.green@duke.eduBaby monitor works to prevent maternal and newborn deaths through mobile phone based screening, referral and patient management services targeted to hard-to-reach pregnant women. Users receive calls with audio prompts screening for signs of emergency, referral or medical need and responses are logged into an electronic medical record.
- ItemBetter Health For Afghan Mothers And Children (BHAMC)Dennis Cherian, Senior Director of Health, World Vision, Email: dcherian@worldvision.org | Meredith Crews, Child Survival and Health Grants Program, USAID, Email: mcrews@usaid.govDuring home visits, CHWs use the mobile phone based application to access audio & visual counseling modules for antenatal and postnatal care. The application also serves as a data collection tool, allowing CHWs to upload information about the pregnancy. CHW's can use the mobile tool to link a woman's family with a skilled provider once labor begins.
- ItemChakruok Interactive Radio ProgramChi-Chi Undie, Associate, Reproductive Health Services & Research | Tel: +254-20-271-3480, e-mail: cundie@popcouncil.orgRadio soap opera series on RH/FP and HIV for married adolescent girls and their partners with SMS-integrated participation and communication
- ItemChangamka Maternal Health SmartcardSam Agutu, CEO and Co-Founder, Changamka | Email: Info@changamka.co.kePre-paid mobile savings card for women to obtain ANC, delivery and PNC services at listed prices in participating maternity facilities
- ItemChild Profiling SurveyNicole Miller, Country Director, Pact Swaziland, Tel: +26824045579, Email: nmiller@pactworld.org | Dumisani Mnisi, Executive Director, Save the Children Swaziland, Tel: +26824047731, Email: dmnisi@savethechildren.org.szA mobile data collection platform used to profile over 10,000 OVCs in key service areas of child protection, education and psychosocial support needs.The real time data collection allowed for quick, evidence-based programmatic adjustments.
- ItemChild Status Index (CSI) Mobile AppMarc Mitchell, President, D-Tree International | Tel: +1-617-432-6322, email: mmitchel@hsph.harvard.eduOVC committee secretaries enter data from paper CSI forms into the digital CommCare platform, prompt for referrals, and track follow-up care
- ItemChipatala Cha Pa Foni (Health center By Phone)Zachariah Jezman, CCPF Project Manager, VillageReach, Email: zachariah.jezman@villagereach.org | Fannie Kachale, Director Reproductive Health, Malawi Ministry of Health, Email: fankachale@yahoo.co.ukCCPF provides regular tips and reminders via mobile text or voice messages on reproductive, maternal and newborn health topics. Messages are tailored to the client's week of pregnancy or a child's age.
- ItemCommCare for Antenatal Care Services in NigeriaDr. Farouk Jega, Country Representative, Nigeria, Pathfinder | Email: fjega@pathfinder.orgUse of CommCare platform to assist community health extension workers in recording client data and tracking ANC clients over time
- ItemCommCare for Home-Based CareMustafa Kudrati, Country Representative, Pathfinder | Tel: +255-769-836-399, email: mkudrati@pathfinder.orgHome-based care providers collect and transfer household, referral and other data to general database to support CHS* delivery and management