Sustainable Cost Models for mHealth at Scale: Modeling Program Data from m4RH Tanzania.

Background: There is increasing evidence that mobile phone health interventions ("mHealth") can improve health behaviors and outcomes and are critically important in low-resource, low-access settings. However, the majority of mHealth programs in developing countries fail to reach scale. One reason may be the challenge of developing financially sustainable programs.

Response patterns to interactive SMS health education quizzes at two sites in Uganda: a cohort study.

Objective: The use of mobile phones can improve and strengthen (preventive) health care in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to retrospectively assess the response patterns of participants in free SMS health education quizzes in Uganda.

Methods: Study participants were employees of two companies and their community networks.

Data and image transfer using mobile phones to strengthen microscopy-based diagnostic services in low and middle income country laboratories.

Background: The emerging market of mobile phone technology and its use in the health sector is rapidly expanding and connecting even the most remote areas of world. Distributing diagnostic images over the mobile network for knowledge sharing, feedback or quality control is a logical innovation.

Objective: To determine the feasibility of using mobile phones for capturing microscopy images and transferring these to a central database for assessment, feedback and educational purposes.