Cape Town: mHealth Summit

• 2nd Annual GSMA mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit• Cape Town, South Africa • May 29-June 1• 700+ Participants, 50+ countries, 23 Governments• Driving the Sustainability of mHealth

– Strengthening Health Systems– Achieving Millennium Development Goals– Building Health Workforce Capacity– Policy & Personal Information– Scale and Sustainability

Associated Events/Announcements

• mHealthEd/MAMA Workshop• “Accelerator” Classes • mHealth Alliance Partner Meeting• mHealth Commons Meeting• Praekelt Foundation Event• Pan African Health Initiative Announcement• Leadership Forum

Takeaways

• Fewer USAID partners present this year• Scale being discussed, demonstrated• Major push continues for sustainable business models• Summit remains applicable for public health practitioners in

LMICs• Next year: Summit won’t be in Cape Town• GSMA/MNOs recognizing the opportunity to provide health

content• mHealth Commons discussion: a lot of energy around the

need for a central, objective source of mHealth information, improved sharing of knowledge and best practices