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AT&T Connects Healthy Moms and Babies Nationwide, Embraces 'text4baby; With Free Texts and Advocacy
AT&T Joins CTIA And Other Carriers To Roll Out Free Health Tips for Expecting Moms. Works with Celebrated Mom Blogger Heather Spohr To Help Reach Millions of Text-pecting Families by Mother's Day 2010
Verizon Wireless Supports Text4baby Program
First-Ever Free Mobile Health Service Text4baby Provides Health Tips to Pregnant Women, New Moms and Addresses Rising U.S. Infant Mortality Rates
Voxiva Launches U.S. text service to aid pregnant women
A D.C.-based mobile technology firm is behind a new government effort to educate and encourage healthy habits in pregnant women.
Voxiva Systems Used to Support HIV/AIDS, Obesity and Diabetes in Mexico
At ten o’clock in the morning, a clinic in Mexico City’s Condesa neighborhood is buzzing with activity. It serves some 7,000 patients and is operated by the Mexico City government, making it one of the largest facilities in Latin America devoted to treating patients with HIV/AIDS.
Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers
Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
TechBytes: Text4baby Campaign
A new campaign plans to use text messages to reach mothers-to-be across the country. The "text4baby" campaign for expectant mothers is being announced today. Pregnant women can sign up for weekly messages timed to their due date, with tips on subjects like nutrition and immunization.
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra Announces Launch of First Free Mobile Health Service for Pregnant Women, New Mothers
The new service, announced by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at a health technology conference in Washington, D.C., aims to use one of the most widely used technologies in America-the mobile phone-to promote maternal and child health.
U.S. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TEXT4BABY
The Federal Chief Technology Officer and an Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Aneesh Chopra announced today the launch of text4baby - an unprecedented mobile health public-private partnership - designed to promote maternal and child health among underserved women. Text4baby - the first-ever free mobile health service in the United States-provides timely and expert health information through SMS text messages to pregnant women and new moms through their babies' first year.
FIRST FREE NATIONWIDE MOBILE HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE DEVELOPED BY VOXIVA NOW AVAILABLE TO PROMOTE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Voxiva
, a global leader in mobile health information services, today announced the launch of text4baby, the first free mobile health service in the United States. The service, which is designed to improve maternal and child health by sending timely and relevant health information directly to mothers' personal mobile phones, is built on Voxiva's interactive mobile health platform which is used around the world to engage and support people in managing their health conditions and live healthier lives.
BBC Podcast: "Texting Disease Away"
BBC World Service's "Digital Planet" series is a weekly look at technology stories and news from around the world. In the June 2nd broadcast, the show discusses a Voxiva-powered mHealth system in Peru, including interviews with Voxiva's own Dr. Ernesto Gozzer and Claire Thwaites from the Vodafone Foundation.
Rwandan Gov't Embraces Phones for Health
The Ministry of Health has unveiled a new technology of using mobile phones to support public health, starting with support for Community Health Workers in mother and child health interventions.
"Swine Flu" - Voxiva systems aiding to detect and prevent
As the global concern about the spread of swine flu grows, Voxiva systems are being used in both its detection and response.
Economist article praises mHealth, highlights Voxiva
In a special report on heath and technology, the Economist mentions 2 Voxiva projects in Mexico and Rwanda. The relevant paragraphs have been re-posted here but be sure to check out the whole article at the Economist.com
Voxiva and other Legatum finalists profiled in Fortune Magazine
In December, Voxiva was named as one of five finalists for the first annual $1 million prize for sustainable, scalable, technology-driven business enterprises with the promise of bringing people out of poverty.
Voxiva featured prominently in UN Foundation report
The UN Foundation, in partnership with the Vodafone Foundation, have released a seminal report on the use of mHealth in international development. mHealth for Development lauds mobile health as having a "significant and lasting positive impact on health" and features 51 mHealth projects--7 using Voxiva technology.
Voxiva joins the mHealth Alliance
Joining the UN, Vodafone, and the Rockefeller Foundation, Voxiva joins the effort to promote mHealth solutions worldwide.
Paul Meyer presents at the TEPR+ Conference.
Paul shares lessons that Voxiva has learned from deploying mHealth solutions in the developing world, and how they could help meet the challenges of implementing mHealth solutions in the US marketplace.