Communities of Practice
: Interested in connecting with other mHealth professionals? Find technical working groups and list serves that build capacity, facilitate collaboration, and provide a space for knowledge-sharing related to mHealth practices and approaches that are appropriate, evidence-based, scalable, and interoperable in resource-poor settings.
CommCare User Group - Updates and announcements from Dimagi about CommCare; active discussions from a global community of CommCare users. MORE
CORE Group's mHealth Interest Group - CORE Group convened this "mHealth community of practice” in response to interest in community-level applications that can increase quality, equity, scale, and/or sustainability of health efforts. As part of CORE Group's larger Community Health Network, this interest group is a place where ideas, experience, and expertise converge. Health program implementers and researchers work MORE
Global Digital Health Network - The Global Digital Health Network, formerly the mHealth Working Group created in 2009 by global health organizations for global health organizations, is a 3000+ person-strong networking forum for members from 108 countries to share information, engage with the broader community, and provide leadership in digital health for global public health. The Network provides leadership in digital MORE
GSMA Mobile for Development - Brings together mobile operator members, the wider mobile industry, and the development community to drive commercial mobile services for underserved people in emerging markets. Access their mHealth resources, mWomen resources, the Mobile for Development Impact research and forum, the Mobile for Development blog and mHealth blog, and upcoming MORE
HealthE Africa - HealthE Africa is a peer assistance network that aims to strengthen existing digital health partnerships and foster new collaborations in Africa. The community connects programme needs with African technology experts and service providers, and so strengthens local and regional digital health.HealthE Africa aims to create a more effective and efficient market for digital health services so that the MORE
HingX: Health Ingenuity Exchange - HingX is a not-for-profit foundation responsible for the development, support, and evolution of a community-driven collaboration platform and related ecosystem that brings together reusable tools, guidelines, and personal experience in an accessible and user-friendly atmosphere. It facilitates the productive exchange of such material in a way that propels the development of health information MORE
ICT4CHW Google Group - Information and communications technology for community health workers. MORE
InfoDev Mobile Innovation Program - The InfoDev Mobile Innovation Program supports growth-oriented mobile apps businesses, by (1) enabling entrepreneurship in the mobile industry through venture incubation and acceleration; (2) building mobile innovation communities of entrepreneurs, investors, partners, and mentors; and (3) researching the app economy of emerging and frontier markets. Their established network of mobile labs (mLabs MORE
Maternal Health Task Force - The Maternal Health Task Force identifies and creates opportunities for the global maternal health community to develop consensus on critical needs, priorities, and actions, including (but not limited to) the application of mHealth in maternal health. MORE
mHealth Group - For LinkedIn members who are interested in using mobiles to improve health. MORE
mHealth Networking Group - A LinkedIn forum for the discussion of all developments, thoughts, concerns, and news related to mHealth. MORE
Mobile Monday - MobileMonday™ (MoMo) is an open community platform fostering brand neutral cooperation and cross-border business opportunities through live networking events to demo products, share ideas, and discuss trends from both local and global markets. Originating in Helsinki, Finland in 2000, activities are organized by some 300 dedicated volunteers from around the world, and Mobile Monday has become an MORE
MobileActive Google Group - Focused on discussions and information about how mobile technology around the world is used for social development and social change. Note that the MobileActive.org website is no longer live. MORE
NetHope Solutions Center - The NetHope Solutions Center is a space where NGOs and like-minded organizations can find Cloud and ICT solutions to a full range of business problems and program challenges. NetHope helps its member organizations collaborate, innovate, and leverage the full potential of information and communications technology to support their causes. MORE
Principles for Digital Development Community Forum - Established in 2014, the Greentree Consensus is a set of principles that seek to serve as living guidelines that are meant to inform, but not dictate, the design of technology-enabled development programs. To advance the field of ICT4D, the Greentree Consensus asks development professionals and technologists to help translate these abstract principles into practical action via sharing MORE
Springboard for Health Communication - Springboard for Health Communication is a space for sharing health communication knowledge, experiences, and resources. It supports and nurtures regional communities of health communication practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. Members can share and tap into existing expertise and resources, develop their own health communication capacity, and discover or contribute innovative solutions. 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