Tag Archives: mhealth

A wake up SMS for Global Mental Health: mhealth in 40 short videos

May 7, 2012 – 2:12 pm

What’s mobile health, text messages for life, text for change, Ushahidi, FrontlineSMS, Epysurveyor, M-Pesa? How does a SMS-computer interface work? How to send bulk messages, an automatic response SMS? And what do SMS polls and quizzes look like?
And what’s this got to do with Global Mental Health? Continue reading →

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Still waiting for the wedding! 10 good reasons for a marriage between Global Mental Health and the New Technologies

November 26, 2011 – 1:01 pm

Introduction:
Although the developments in the new technologies (or ICT, information and communication technology) are leapfrogging and even difficult to keep up, the implementations of ICT in the global mental health sector seem still crawling. Continue reading →

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Time for a wedding! 10 good reasons for a marriage between Global Mental Health and the New Technologies

November 26, 2010 – 9:41 pm

Most people with mental disorders in low income countries receive no treatment at all for their mental illnesses. The new technologies, like the internet and mobile devices, can solve part of this so called treatment gap. In ’10 good reasons’ the benefits of ICT in this global health field are clarified. 1: ICT is booming business, 2: Saving costs, 3: Reaching people, 4: Anticipating on globalization, 5: Raising awareness and fighting stigma, 6: Empowerment and independence, 7: Capacity building, 8: Global knowledge sharing, 9: Bottom up and demand driven, 10: Standardized and easy access of info. Continue reading →

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