The e-Public Health Blog

Understanding the background literature is essential for any researcher or public health practitioner. Today, with all the hype on the potential of mhealth, there’s a lot of noise and few people really understand the technical, clinical, and societal implications of mobiles; especially when according to the ITU, the ratio of mobiles to people around the world is 1:6, a figure difficult to ignore when planning effective public health interventions.[1]

I believe the two following reports are a wonderful introduction to the subject. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Report by the UN and Vodafone Foundations

[1] International Telecommunication Union. Measuring the Information Society — The ICT Development Index (ITU, 2009). 

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