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GUIDE: Getting Medical Information into the Hands of Community Health Workers

Submitted by Mobile Active on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:51.

For community health workers who are far from medical libraries and urban centers, staying up-to-date on the latest medical advancements and disease treatments can be difficult.

The Mobile Intent Index

Submitted by Mobile Active on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:28.

Women and Mobile: Is It Really a Global Opportunity?

Submitted by Mobile Active on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:17.

This review was written by Anne-Ryan Heatwole with Katrin Verclas.

Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review

Submitted by Mobile Active on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 22:56.

How to Manage e- (and m-) Waste: The UNEP Investigates

Submitted by Mobile Active on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 16:51.

The United Nations Environment Programme has released a new study on managing e-waste for developing countries.

Finding Some ICT Answers in Benin: A Guest Post by Linda Raftree, PLAN International

Submitted by Mobile Active on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 15:22.

This guest post was written by Linda Raftree who is using social media and ICTs in youth and community development work in Africa and elsewhere. She works for the NGO Plan.  Her article is re-posted here with permission.

A Guide to Mobile Security for Citizen Journalists

Submitted by Mobile Active on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 18:11.

Citizen journalism, and with it the rise of alternative media voices, is one of the most exciting possibilities for mobile phones in activism.Read More >>read more

Getting the Word Out About HIV: Imbizo Men's Health Program

Submitted by Mobile Active on Sun, 02/28/2010 - 20:31.

(This case study is reprinted with permission from Glen Thompson of BulkSMS.com)
HIV support programme uses SMS to keep men connected

Election Monitoring with SMS: Lightweight Mobile Data Collection Meets Powerful Mapping Analytics

Submitted by Mobile Active on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 17:39.

As we are getting ready for our event in Washington DC tomorrow that will focus on New Tools for Better Elections, we are excited to see that more open source options for mobile data collection and analysys are becoming available than ever sbefore.  Development Seed, one of the most promising Drupal development shops around right no

M4Girls: Empowering Female Students

Submitted by Mobile Active on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 19:19.

The following is the executive summary of M4Girls, prepared by the Mindset Network and Neil Butcher and Associates, and reprinted here with permission from Mindset.