Tag Archives: mobile phones

Mobile phones in outreach

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

Catmeurn, Programme Associate, m-Health Alliance gives an example of how mobile phones can empower the community through the provision of information, in this case to mothers through an organization MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action). The project to support mothers … Continue reading →

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Mobile phone technology in libraries

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Whilst many of the uses described here seem to be in a pilot stage it is perhaps worth looking at the series of guides – Pathways to Best Practice – so as to be aware of what is going on. … Continue reading →

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Library Service Aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

Mothers-to-be, new mothers and their infants will benefit from the new mobile phone e-health service to be provided by Northern Regional Library in Ghana. The library, based in the administrative capital of Northern Ghana, Tamale, is one of three new … Continue reading →

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mHealth: new horizons for health through mobile technologies

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

This is a very interesting publication from WHO – but long and 3.4 Mb to download. It covers the use of mobile technology for professional consultations, health call centres, reminders about medication/ appointments and alerts about epidemics to name but … Continue reading →

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“In just two years most internet traffic will be from mobiles”

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

So libraries need to think mobile. The technology described here is based on an article by Boris Zetterlund who is part of the company that have developed the mobile app MyLibrary from Axiell Arena. This software connects libraries, museums and … Continue reading →

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Research in the Palm of Your Hand

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Many publishers are designing platforms for mobile phones, but Alan Jackson, Aptivate, came up with the idea that these initiatives might also help researchers in countries with low bandwidth. Many publishers have shown great interest; Cambridge University Press has already … Continue reading →

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Animated cartoons: using mobile phones for health [and farming] messages

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Scientific Animations Without Borders, University of Illinois, USA has already produced one such example on the prevention of cholera and others on topics for rural farmers. The narrations could be translated into local languages and thus could reach low-literacy communities. … Continue reading →

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Who else, other than librarians, are knowledge brokers?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

I think that the upshot of a discussion* on infomediaries (in agriculture and health) is that they are needed at every stage of information distribution – through research workers, practitioners to the general public. I personally believe that researchers and … Continue reading →

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