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mHealth Knowledge was a portal to hundreds of selected mHealth resources, arranged into eight categories: mHealth Alliance, Applications & Platforms, Communities of Practice, Capacity Building & Learning, Multimedia Content, Project Repositories, Tools & Guides, and Blogs & News. It also housed the mHealth Compendium archive (see below).
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- ItemMEASURE Evaluation Project Blog(2016)MEASURE Evaluation s Director for Evaluation Heidi Reynolds writes on informing investments in health information systems
- ItemMobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium(2015)Globally 2 5 billion people are unbanked lacking access to formal financial services As a result roughly one third of the world s population is forced to rely on cash transactions or informal financial systems which can often be unsafe inconvenient and expensive Among the unbanked however a billion have access to a mobile phone and mobile based financial services are quickly closing the financial access gap Recognizing the potential of mobile based financial services the United States Agency for International Development USAID is committed to accelerating the adoption and uptake of mobile money based on its potential to increase financial inclusion root out corruption and provide economic benefits to communities To support these goals the USAID Health Finance and Governance HFG Project seeks to promote the use of mobile money in health programs both as catalyst for uptake in communities and to strengthen health systems Despite the recent proliferation of mobile phone usage and uptake of mobile money in developing markets use in the health sector remains limited and often has not been brought to scale This compendium seeks to expand the knowledge base on mobile money in the health sector by drawing out trends from existing programs and examining what s worked what hasn t and why while documenting recommendations and insights from past and current practitioners for future adaptation The 14 mobile money programs profiled in this compendium span a range of countries health topics and application types from health insurance schemes promoting universal health coverage to lottery voucher payments encouraging parents to vaccinate their children against polio and other diseases Authors Health Finance and Governance HFG Published 10 31 2015
- ItemMobile Money for Health white paper(2013)Mobile money enables funds to be deposited transferred and withdrawn electronically through mobile phone accounts Fueled by the success of Kenya s M Pesa mobile payment platform mobile money is a rapidly growing alternative to cash in developing countries Whereas mobile money services have been launched in more than 70 countries with the majority of current deployments in sub Saharan Africa most have not yet reached significant scale The United States Agency for International Development USAID is committed to accelerating adoption and uptake of mobile money based on its potential to increase financial inclusion root out corruption and provide economic benefits to communities The USAID Global Health Finance and Governance HFG Project seeks to promote the use of mobile money specifically to strengthen health systems Mobile money provides unique opportunities in the health sector It can be integrated into existing activities replacing cash flows to improve efficiency accountability and transparency in financial transactions It also opens up potential to improve scalability of subsidy and incentive schemes and to expand access to financial services such as credit and savings This paper reviews current use cases and potential applications of mobile money in health including a bulk payments for salaries and per diems b conditional cash transfer and pay for performance schemes c collection of health insurance premiums and d management of voucher schemes with the overall objective of bringing attention to the benefits and challenges of using mobile money in the health sector The three detailed case studies included in appendix A represent some of the most documented examples of mobile money and health Although the mobile money industry is continuing to grow rapidly use cases in the health sector are limited This small but promising collection of use cases is expected to expand as evidence that supports the potential benefits of mobile money in the health sector continues to grow This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development It was prepared by the Health Finance and Governance Project November 2013