Resources

This section provides access to publications and videos about mHealth4Afrika activities.

Publications

Cunningham P., Cunningham, M. (2019) mHealth4Afrika Pilot Validation in Healthcare Facilities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi, Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2019, IEEE Xplore

Cunningham P., Cunningham, M. (2019) mHealth4Afrika – Co-Designing a Standards based Solution for Use in Resource Constrained Primary Healthcare Facilities, Proceedings of 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), IEEE Xplore

Baskaya, M., Yuksel, M., Laceli Erturkmen, G. B., Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P. (2019), mHealth4Afrika - Implementing HL7 FHIR based Interoperability, Proceedings of 17th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics, MedInfo 2019, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 264, IMIA and IOS Press, ISBN: 978-1-64368-003-3, DOI: 10.3233/SHTI190175

Baskaya, M., Yuksel, M., Laceli Erturkmen, G. B., Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P. (2019), mHealth4Afrika - Supporting Standards based Integration of Medical Sensor Data, Short Paper, Series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 258, ICT for Health Science Research, Proceedings of EFMI STC 2019, IOS Press, ISBN: 978-1-61499-959-1, DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-959-1-259

Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P., van Greunen, D. (2018), mHealth4Afrika - Co-designing an Integrated Solution for Resource Constrained Environments, Journal of Health Informatics in Africa, Volume 5 (2018) Issue 2, ISBN: 978-3-9816261-8-6, DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2018-v5-i2-198

Cunningham, P., Cunningham, M. (2018) mHealth4Afrika – Challenges When Co-Designing a Cross-Border Primary Healthcare Solution, 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technology in Society (ISTAS) Proceedings, ISBN: 978-1-5386-9479-4, IEEE Xplore

Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P., van Greunen, D., Kanjo, C., Kweyu, E. and Tilahun, B. (2018) mHealth4Afrika Beta v1 Validation in Rural and Deep Rural Clinics in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa, Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2018, IEEE Xplore, DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2018.8601681

Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P. (2018) mHealth4Afrika - Supporting Primary Healthcare Delivery in Resource Constrained Environments, Proceedings of 2018 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)

Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P., van Greunen, D., Veldsman, A., Kanjo, C., Kweyu, E. and Tilahun, B. (2017) mHealth4Afrika Alpha Validation in Rural and Deep Rural Clinics in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa, Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2017, IEEE Xplore, ISBN: 978-1-5090-6046-7, DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2017.8239347

Cunningham, P., Cunningham, M., van Greunen, D., Veldsman, A., Kanjo, C., Kweyu, E. and Gebeyehu, A. (2016) Implications of Baseline Study Findings from Rural and Deep Rural Clinics in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa for the co-design of mHealth4Afrika, Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2016, IEEE Xplore, ISBN: 978-1-5090-2432-2, DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2016.7857350

Videos

mHealth4Afrika has leveraged a user-centred multi-stakeholder co-design and Collaborative Open Innovation based approach. mHealth4Afrika has worked in partnership with Ministries of Health, District Health Offices, Clinics Managers and nurses in primary healthcare facilities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa as well as specialist clinics and county and referral hospitals to inform required functionality, workflow and usability requirements.

This video shares user experiences from a number of intervention health facilities as well as feedback from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Bungoma County, Kenya as at April 2019.

mHealth4Afrika is a HL7 FHIR-compliant patient-centric health platform that interacts with DHIS2 via a WebAPI. Co-designed and validated with Ministries of Health, District Health Officers, Clinic Managers and Health Workers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa, it strengthens healthcare delivery in resource constrained environments by integrating EHR and EMR functionality with use of medical sensors, analytical and visualisation tools, decision support and SMS appointment reminders. mHealth4Afrika is co-funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant No. 688015).

This video shares insights into motivation, methodology, functionality and achievements to date of mHealth4Afrika as at 30 April 2019.

This video provides access to the presentation for the mHealth4Afrika paper during HELINA (Health Informatics in Africa 2018 Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, 03 - 05 December 2018: Cunningham, M., Cunningham, P., van Greunen, D. (2018) "mHealth4Afrika - Co-designing an Integrated Solution for Resource Constrained Environments", Proceedings of HELINA 2018, Journal of Health Informatics in Africa, 2018;5(2):1-9. DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2018-v5-i2-198.

This video provides an introduction to the mHealth4frika Initiative, objectives and intervention clinics as at September 2018. It provides an overview of some of the system functionality and medical sensors being used at the point of care in primary healthcare facilities in resource constrained urban, rural and deep rural environments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa.

mHealth4Afrika was showcased during the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee Plenary Panel focused on Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during ICSD 2018 on 27 September 2018 as an initiative leveraging technology to address SDG3.