For the first time, the Global mHealth Forum will meet at the mHealth Summit. This two-day, co-located event presented in partnership with the mHealth Working Group and USAID will take place December 10-11, 2014. The Global mHealth Forum will focus on programming for mHealth implementers working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The objectives of the forum are to:
1. Enhance the capacity of governments, donors, civil society, NGOs, and social entrepreneurs to design, implement (including scale up), and evaluate mHealth initiatives in LMICs.
2. Provide a space for global health stakeholders and mHealth professionals working in LMICs to network with each other as well as with health ministries, NGOs, technical experts and mHealth solution providers.
3. Share the state of the art in mHealth in LMICs, and explore emerging trends.
Specifically, the Global mHealth Forum will provide in-depth reviews of mHealth project implementation and lessons learned; facilitate creative and collaborative problem-solving and capacity building through interactive workshops; and serve as a networking platform for mHealth implementers working in LMICs. For further information and to submit your abstract, click here.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS! We are interested in both successes and failures.
Abstracts might address:
• Using evidence to drive design and implementation (including scale-up) of mHealth solutions
• Creative approaches to ensuring sustainability and scale-up (e.g., financial, human resources, technology, etc.)
• Negotiating and maintaining partnerships
• New methods for overcoming infrastructure barriers to implementation of mHealth
• Applying a gender lens to project design and implementation
• How local context (e.g., socio-cultural, political) affects the success of mHealth solutions
• Costs of design and scale-up; sustainable business models
• Cost-effectiveness analysis
• Integration or coordination with other sectors in mDevelopment, including mobile money
• Emerging trends and where mHealth is headed in the next five years
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
Submissions to the Global mHealth Forum are reviewed and scored by a panel of qualified judges. Abstracts will be selected based on clarity, rigor, novelty, and importance. Please limit your abstract to 500 words and include title, summary, description, and learning objectives. For abstracts that are based on research, they should include background, purpose, methods, results, and conclusions. The Global mHealth Forum welcomes participatory and engaging formats for discussing mHealth. Please select one or more presentation formats for your submission.
Please note we also welcome suggestions for other presentation formats via the category of ‘Other’:
• Networking event with peer-to-peer interaction
• Interactive workshop with audience participation
• Fireside Chat/Informal Discussion with Experts
• Slide presentation –single presenter or preformed panel
• Other—Please Specify Your Format/Idea
DEADLINES
Submissions must be received electronically no later than Midnight-EST on June 27, 2014 Notifications will be sent by August 4, 2014
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS
• Speakers must register for the Global mHealth Forum
• Generally, the Global mHealth Forum does not pay presenters a per diem, honorarium or expenses
• Partial scholarships will be available for individuals from LMICs. Information on applications will be released at a later date.