Last week at the Mobile Health Summit in Cape Town, our mHealth programme released a series of reports providing insight into the mobile health space. The team’s report on Using mHealth to Support Universal Health Access illustrates a comprehensive overview of mHealth projects globally, driven both by mobile operators (MNOs), and by non-MNOs.
Across the Patient Healthcare Pathway, most mHealth services are based in Asia Pacific, followed by services based in Africa. Additionally, the greatest number of services addressed Prevention, while Monitoring and Diagnosis were also top within the pathway.
The report also mapped worldwide mHealth services addressing Millennium Development Goals 4 (reducing child mortality rates), 5 (improving maternal health), and 6 (Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases) against relevant prevalence rates. For example, the chart below outlines mHealth services addressing MDG 6 with respect to HIV/AIDS prevalence rates worldwide.
To learn more about how mHealth can support universal health access, read the full report and check out other mHealth resources.