mHealth Innovation in Asia: Grassroots Challenges and Practical Interventions

• Main Author: Jerry Watkins (auth)
• Other Authors: Amina Tariq (auth), Emma Baulch (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Series: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications
• Subjects: Media and Communications; mHealth Initiatives and Policy; Development Studies on Public Health; Practical mHealth Interventions in Asia; Community Health Workers; Grassroots mHealth Projects in Asia; Mobile Health; mHealth Innovation in Asia; Structures and Infrastructures of mHealth in Asia; Health and Wellbeing; Mobile Phones in Health
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book offers a detailed account of a range of mHealth initiatives across South, Southeast and East Asia. It provides readers with deep insights into the challenges such initiatives face on the ground, and a view of the diverse cultural contexts shaping strategies for overcoming these challenges....