Mobile health-care information for all: a global challenge

Authors

Geoff Royston
Christine Hagar, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Lesley-Anne Long
Dennis McMahon
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Nand Wadhwani

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

July 2015

DOI

10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00054-6

Disciplines

Health Information Technology | Library and Information Science

Abstract

Access to health-care information for citizens is a key determinant to reach both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, but this challenge has repeatedly been relegated to the sidelines.1 What might kickstart progress? An obvious candidate is the mobile phone, which is becoming ubiquitous in low-income and middle-income countries.

Comments

This editor reviewed article was published in THE LANCET Global Health, vol. 3, number 7, July 2015, and can be found at this link.

Recommended Citation

Geoff Royston, Christine Hagar, Lesley-Anne Long, Dennis McMahon, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, and Nand Wadhwani. "Mobile health-care information for all: a global challenge" Faculty Publications (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00054-6