CONVERGENCE SUMMIT
Dr. Jordi Serrano PonsConsultant, WHO
CEO & Founder, UniversalDoctor
INNOVATION IN HEALTH
Growth in Mobile Connections
Mobile-cellular penetration
rates are estimated at 95%:
128% in developed
countries & 89% in
developing countries.4.6 Billion
2009 20152011
6.0 Billion 7.8 Billion
Mobile Connections in Developing Countries
GSMA mHealth Tracker: mHealth Projects Worldwide
• Country initiative in Senegal to use mobile
technology for DIABETES prevention and
control launched in November 2014.
1. Prevention using SMS based campaign;
2. mTraining program for health professionals and
community health workers;
3. Patient monitoring component using mobile
phones.
Partnership initiative
between WHO and ITU
using mobile technology to
improve NCDs prevention
and treatment.
UNICEF’s Global Innovation Centre & Innovation Fund
• UNICEF launched a new Global Innovation Centre and Innovation Fund to bring to scale innovative, creative and cost-reducing approaches to better the lives of the poorest children.
• The Innovation Fund has raised over $9 million. There are approximately 300 innovative projects already in the works. Examples:
• EduTrac
• mTrac
• U-Report (built on RapidPro)
• Internet of Good Things (IoGT)
Wearables for Good Challenge
CauseTech
• CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators,
technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs to leverage
and scale solutions to address global needs.
• OpenIDEO is an open innovation platform bringing people
together to collaboratively solve challenges for social
good through a 6-step process 3-5 month collaborative
process.
• Crowdsourcing global tools and content to support
organizations building mHealth programs for Frontline
Health Workers.
• ORB: online repository of digital health content (e.g. SMS, IVR,
video, audio, images, animation) that can be downloaded and
integrated into technology applications.
• HealthEnabled facilitates development of national
integrated digital health systems in low- and middle-
income countries by connecting experts with
stakeholders.
GSMA Pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI)
• GSMA mHealth programme launched the Pan-African
mHealth Initiative (PAMI) in support of UN’s Every Woman
Every Child Initiative, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) and the
Global Nutrition for Growth Compact.
• Focus: to support the scale-up of mHealth in nutrition and
maternal and child health, in support of the Millennium
Development Goals 4, 5 and 6.
DR. JORDI SERRANO PONSConsultant, WHO
Founder & CEO, UniversalDoctor Project
@UniversalDoctor