Category: mHealth

  • Looking for a Doula Who Takes Health Insurance? There’s an App for That.

    Looking for a Doula Who Takes Health Insurance? There’s an App for That.

    If you are pregnant and want to hire a doula, this health care option might be cost-prohibitive for some. Typically, expectant mothers can either get free doula services if living in a low-income community where doulas are paid through donations and grants.

  • How health workers in Kibera are assessing sick children using a new digital health tool

    How health workers in Kibera are assessing sick children using a new digital health tool

    By Maryanne W. Waweru l maryanne@mummytales.com Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. After two days of nursing her two-year-old daughter at home, an anxious Maximilla Kangahi made her way to a clinic in her neighbourhood for help. At the health facility, Maximilla was received by Waida Kasaya, clinical officer at the Beyond Zero clinic in Karanja, one of Kibera’s 18…

  • New Maternal Health Mobile App for Tanzanian Women Seeks Crowdfunding

    New Maternal Health Mobile App for Tanzanian Women Seeks Crowdfunding

    The more technology improves in low-and-middle income countries the quicker mobile apps will be invented and scaled to better people’s live. We already know that banking apps have transformed the exchange of money and have helped economies like Kenya’s thrive. Now, innovators are looking to create more and more mobile apps to transform health care…

  • 11 Apps That Benefit Charity Through Everyday Actions

    11 Apps That Benefit Charity Through Everyday Actions

    By: Andrea Nylund, co-founder of CauseTap If you have big social conscience but a small savings account, these apps will turn your everyday actions into charitable giving. Whether you are playing games, dining out, walking a dog, or downloading more apps, you can fit philanthropy into your daily routine without spending a dime. When you think…

  • 5 Maternal Health Mobile Apps That Are Saving African Mothers’ Lives

    5 Maternal Health Mobile Apps That Are Saving African Mothers’ Lives

    Driving around Africa in both congested cities and sparsely-populated rural towns you will see that most people carry a mobile phone in plain sight, countless signs for mobile providers can be seen at nearly every turn, and “top up” guys scout out customers who are in constant need of more mobile minutes. Mobile is here to stay in Africa and so are mobile apps.…