The mHealth Working Group:Reviewing the Past and Evolving for the Future

Demonstrating Your Leadership in mHealthJanuary 24, 2012

Working Group Principles• Frame mHealth within global health strategies

• Apply public health standards and practices

• Foster appropriate, integrated, evidence-based, scalable, sustainable and interoperable approaches in resource-poor settings

• Provide open forum for members to share, engage, partner and lead in mHealth

Working Group Activities

• 21 monthly meetings since August 2009▫National/regional strategy, M&E, HIV, mLearn,

SCM, tech partners, formative, needs requirement…

• Subgroup meetings on HIS, BCC, data collection• Meeting notes and materials• Moderated listserv for 600 representatives of

150+ organizations in 35 countries• Catalyze mBCC Field Guide• Guide mHealth Toolkit• Coauthor/co-organize w/ UNCTAD, Aspen, GBC

Evolution of mHealth

mHealth Adoption

mHealth Growing Pains

SustainabilityScalabilityInteroperabilityFragmentationLack of GuidancePrivacyPolicyMonitoring & EvaluationPublic Private Partners

Evolution of mHealth

mHealth Adoption

Enabling Guidance

Help Members Keep Pace With mHealth

ConveningKnowledge sharingPromising practicesCollaborationCapacity buildingAdvocacyMember leadership

Responsive Activities

SustainabilityScalabilityInteroperabilityFragmentationLack of GuidancePrivacyPolicyMonitoring & EvaluationPublic Private Partners

ConveningKnowledge sharingPromising practicesCollaborationCapacity buildingAdvocacyMember leadership

YourNeeds

&Ideas

mHealth Working Group

Thanks for demonstrating your leadership in mHealth

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