State of Evidence: mHealth and MNCH - mHealth Alliance Publication. Trends, gaps, stakeholder needs, and opportunities for future research on the use of mobile technology to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. This report aims to identify challenges and make recommendations towards enhancing the mhealth for MNCH evidence base. February 2013 MORE
State of Evidence: mHealth and MNCH - The mHealth Alliance commissioned this report to present the findings of a needs assessment and gaps analysis of the current state of the evidence in mHealth, using maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as a use case. The intent for the needs assessment and gaps analysis summarized in this report is to 1) identify gaps in the evidence base, and 2) advocate for and encourage others to MORE
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) ICT Playbook - The Sustainable Development Goals ICT Playbook recommends where investments in information and communications technology (ICT) should be made in order to support achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). MORE
Sustainable Financing for Mobile Health (mHealth) - mHealth Alliance Publication. This report focuses on the use of mobile technologies to improve health care; it is not an exhaustive list of projects and potential applications of mHealth solutions. Rather, it is an assessment of how mHealth products and services in a specific set of application areas can be financed sustainably. February 2013 MORE
TechChange Course: Basics of Digital Safety - Course DescriptionIn our digitally connected world, new risks to our data and privacy have emerged. Governments are using technology to attack infrastructure and surveil its own citizens. How do you ensure that your data and beneficiary data are safe?Understanding information communication technology infrastructure is just as important as understanding technology tools and strategies for digital MORE
TechChange Course: Instructional Design with Articulate (In-Person Workshop) - Do you want to learn how to build online learning modules like the pros? This one-day workshop will help you advance your Articulate abilities and allow you to do new things you never thought possible with the software! TechChange has used Storyline (and now Articulate 360) to author dozens of engaging and beautiful online courses for clients including UNICEF, USAID, World Bank, Hilton Hotels, MORE
TechChange Course: Introduction to Excel for Data Visualization - Measuring and communicating the impact of a project or program often relies on effective data analysis and visualization. In this course, you will learn how to effectively use Excel to create beautiful static and interactive visualizations.Course DescriptionExcel offers an interface most people are familiar with, as well as a valuable set of features that can be utilized to meet a wide range of MORE
TechChange Course: Introduction to Mobile Money - This on-demand online course, developed and delivered by the Mobile Solutions team at USAID, QED, and TechChange, includes over 2 hours of dynamic content informed by the best thinking in the field. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.Course DescriptionMobile money has the power to do for entrepreneurship what commercial MORE
TechChange Course: Mapping for Social Good - In this four-week online course, users will learn from leading experts how to leverage open data in OpenStreetMap, make beautiful maps in MapBox, map a crisis in Ushahidi, and manage projects with Palantir and Tomnod. Course DescriptionHow can you better visualize the geographic impact of your organization, projects, and global development programs? The use of digital mapping tools MORE
TechChange Course: Mobile Data Solutions - This two hour interactive on-demand online course developed by the Global Development Lab at USAID, FHI360, and TechChange explores how mobile technologies can be used to more effectively collect and disseminate data in order to better meet development goals. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.Course DescriptionMobile MORE
TechChange Course: Mobiles for International Development - Course DescriptionThe mobile phone is rapidly bringing communication to the most remote areas of the world. NGOs, governments and companies alike are beginning to realize the potential of this ubiquitous tool to address a variety of global challenges. This four-week online professional development certificate course, which has been featured in the New York Times and Fast Company, will explore MORE
TechChange Course: OpenDRI An Introduction to Open Data for Environmental Resilience - This 30 minute course covers the principles of the Open Data for Resilience Initiative.In 2011, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) launched the Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) to apply the concepts of the global open data movement to the challenges of reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. OpenDRI supports World Bank MORE
TechChange Course: RapidPro Essentials - TechChange teamed up with UNICEF's innovation team to build this interactive online course on how to get started with RapidPro. RapidPro is a new powerful open source software that allows you to easily build and scale mobile-based applications and services from anywhere in the world. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone MORE
TechChange Course: Tech for Data Visualization (In Person Workshop) - Do you want to get better at visualizing your program data? This one-day workshop is designed to teach you the basic techniques and tools of data visualization through a series of interactive activities and hands-on demos.Workshop MethodologyThe workshop is divided into three parts:Part 1: Building a foundation: Participants will begin by exploring popular theorists and approaches data MORE
TechChange Course: Technology for Data Collection and Survey Design - Course DescriptionHow has technology changed the way data are collected and the way surveys are deployed? Organizations, agencies and companies are just beginning, digital data collection skills are in high demand.Data collection is the building block of M&E work. The data collected determines the value of analysis and the impact that can be measured. Digital survey tools have MORE
TechChange Course: Technology for Data Visualization and Analysis - Are you analyzing your data efficiently and displaying them effectively? Nearly all of us are responsible for producing reports for our colleagues, supervisors, and clients. Good data visualization is essential to analyzing your data quickly and with the greatest value. Course DescriptionThe importance of data visualization has become apparent in the current era of ‘big data’ that we live in. MORE
TechChange Course: Technology for Disaster Response - Course DescriptionThis four-week online professional development certificate course explores how new information-, communication- and mapping technologies can be practically used to respond to disasters, augment situational awareness, improve relief coordination and much more.The digital revolution is changing disaster response. From the earthquake in Haiti to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, MORE
TechChange Course: Technology for Knowledge Management - This course will provide an overview of the knowledge cycle by focusing on skills and strategies to better generate, capture, share, and apply knowledge to development programs.Course DescriptionOur digitally connected lives have made information increasingly available to all. How do you navigate this world of overabundant information, while making sure that the right knowledge is being MORE
TechChange Course: Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation - How do you use technology to get insight from information? Whether you work for a small nonprofit, large government agency, or private sector firm, the demand to capture and visualize quantifiable results has never been greater. This four week online certificate course will focus on building skills and strategies to better collect, manage, analyze and visualize data using a variety of ICT tools MORE
TechChange | mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health Online Course - TechChange and the mHealth Alliance offer a four-week online certificate course on mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health. The course examines how mobile technologies are revolutionizing approaches to patient care and management, point-of-care support for health workers, health education, diagnostics, and supply chain management and logistics. Through case studies, guest expert MORE
Technology Salon - The Technology Salon™ is an intimate, informal, and in-person discussion between information and communication technology experts and international development professionals, with a focus on both (1) technology’s impact on donor-sponsored technical assistance delivery, and (2) private enterprise-driven economic development, facilitated by technology. Monthly meetings now occur in Washington, D.C., MORE
Telemedicine and eHealth Journal - Telemedicine and e-Health is the leading international peer-reviewed journal covering the full spectrum of advances and clinical applications of telemedicine and management of electronic health records. It places special emphasis on the outcome and impact of telemedicine on the quality, cost effectiveness, and access to healthcare. Telemedicine applications play an increasingly important role in MORE
The Aga Khan Development Network eHealth Resource Centre: Online Certificate Course in eHealth - AKDN eHRC is offering a year-long online certificate course in eHealth. This course is designed to build the eHealth capacities of professionals working in the health sector. It focuses on helping the audience understand the concepts of eHealth, implement eHealth solutions and address the challenges around eHealth service delivery, primarily in low- and-middle income countries. Course MORE
The Economics of eHealth and mHealth - As a first step to developing the investment case for mHealth, this article outlines some of the key economic and financial questions that need to be answered in developing in-country eHealth investments. The proposed questions focus on the costs of eHealth infrastructure; regulatory structures that provide incentives at different levels of the health delivery system to encourage investment in, MORE
The Global List of All ICT4D Meetings and Meetups - ICT Works comprehensive list of ICT4D meetings and meetups hosted around the world. MORE