Webinar: mHealth interventions in LMICs, 21 February 2018
Join us for a seminar on mobile health interventions in low- and middle-income countries, featuring an international panel of experts from Bangladesh, Tanzania and Uganda.
Panelists:
Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Director, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Bangladesh
Dr. Honorati Masanja, BSc, MSc, PhD, Chief Executive Director, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania
Dr. Elizeus Rutebemberwa, MBChB, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health Uganda
Moderator: Dr. Alain Labrique, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Schedule: 21 February 2018
Mobile health panel: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Reception: 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. in the reception hall outside the auditorium
Takeaways:
Lessons learned from conducting mobile phone surveys to collect NCD risk factor data in Bangladesh, Tanzania and Uganda
Expert and community member perceptions about the acceptability of using mobile phones to collect data
Ethical, legal and societal implications of collecting mobile health data
How this will help surveillance efforts in LMICs: Implications going forward
