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Ethiopia: A "learning lab" for national mHealth strategy

By Neil Versel 12:19 pm April 11, 2012

If Ethiopia is to achieve two of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, mobile technologies will need to play a central role, according to a proposed strategic plan now being circulated in global development spheres. The document is intended to serve as a model for other countries considering national mobile health strategies. The UN wants developing countries such as Ethiopia to...

Where's the mHealth investment in emerging markets?

By Brian Dolan 05:42 am April 20, 2009

Photo Credit: Datadyne.org Last week Vital Wave Consulting noted that a number of large technology vendors have made investments in mobile health initiatives for developed markets. Vital Wave pointed out that the timing was probably meant to coincide with the U.S. government's plan to invest $20 billion into modernizing healthcare. GE and Intel recently announced a joint $250 million investment...