This week, the Mobile for Development launched the Mobile and Development Intelligence portal in conjunction with Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Through an open access portal, mHealth stakeholders can access market data related to expenditure and availability of health services, for example, physicians density per 1000 people. Users can tabulate, graph, map and export the datasets. An impact pathway is also available for mHealth that illustrates a ‘theory of change’, demonstrating how access to mHealth can bring about short, medium, and long term changes that improve lives. In addition users can find details on over 450 mHealth products and projects.