MHEALTH ALLIANCE

mHealth Alliance is a non-profit organization focused on advancing its technology in global health care through policy research, advocacy, and outreach. It serves as a catalytic force for the mHealth field, resulting in significant progress in scaling up mHealth solutions and increasing knowledge and capacity within the global health and mHealth communities. mHealth Alliance explores the option of transitioning its base of operations to South Africa to support a strategic focus on the grow... ing need for country-level convening and capacity building in Africa and Asia. Its ‘Innovation Working Group mHealth Catalytic Grant’ program has provided 26 grants in 14 countries to support efforts aiming to reach over 31 million people. The Alliance produced over 20 publications and played a constructive role in incubating global initiatives and platforms that have since spun off in the form of the ‘Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action’ and the ‘m- and-eHealth Expert Learning Program’. mHealth Alliance facilitated the mainstreaming of mHealth into global health issues ranging from maternal, newborn, and child health to aging. More recently, it has pioneered work in Nigeria on the ICT for ‘Saving One Million Lives’ initiative in a way that is poised to make a significant contribution to the sector.More