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We are excited to announce that K4Health is the new home to the seminal publications of the mHealth Alliance!

The field of mHealth was galvanized in 2008 by the flagship United Nations Foundation-Vodafone Foundation publication, mHealth for Development. Since then, the mHealth Alliance and key partners have produced a collection of over 20 mHealth publications.  These materials cover topics ranging from patient privacy to the mobile gender gap to technology standards and more. The collection has served to define and shape the field of mHealth and is now available on the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) platform.

K4Health’s mHealth Knowledge portal generates, curates, and disseminates high quality resources for the field, making it the ideal new home for the mHealth Alliance collection. Incorporating the collection into the knowledge portal will ensure that these publications continue to serve as a set of critical building blocks as the mHealth sector progresses towards national digital health systems.

In the spirit of true partnership, the United Nations Foundation, which served as the host of the mHealth Alliance, would like to thank the United States Agency for International Development and the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs for providing a platform for these publications. Through mHealth Knowledge, these publications will continue to inform responsible and evidence-based practices in the use of mobile health for the benefit of those most in need.

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MOTECH Suite workshop: August 27-29 in Accra, Ghana

Dimagi and Grameen Foundation are hosting the first ever MOTECH Suite workshop from August 27-29 in Accra, Ghana!

MOTECH Suite is an open source software platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage a wide range of mobile health applications. MOTECH Suite is being developed to deliver economies of scale by supporting multiple use cases to be scaled on the same platform, and by supporting integration to national information and reporting systems.

The goals of the workshop are to:

– Build a community of mHealth implementers in Ghana

– Share best practices & strategies for mHealth projects running at scale

– Enable participants to be leaders in mHealth within their organizations

– Introduce attendees to MOTECH Suite’s array of tools, including CommCare, CommTrack, CommConnect, and core MOTECH systems

– Share case studies about regional mHealth programs and how they use mobile technology

Workshop Details:

Dates: Wednesday, August 27th through Friday, August 29th

Time: 9:00AM — 5:00PM

Location: Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT

Who should attend? Directors, program managers, and heads of departments from NGOs, IGOs, funding organizations, research institutions, and government agencies

Language: The workshop will be run in English

Workshop fee: $75 for the entire workshop. Lunch and coffee will be provided daily. Per diems or travel stipends are not available.

For those interested in attending, please submit your application by Friday, August 8, 2014. Attendance will be limited to 35 participants.

Please refer any questions you have about this workshop and similar workshops to workshops@dimagi.com.

Thanks, Gillian

Gillian Javetski

Senior Program Analyst

Dimagi, Inc | 585 Massachusetts Ave | Suite 3 | Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

web: http://www.dimagi.com/