Mobile phones hold huge potential for improving public health

Here is an excellent slide-show on mHealth by Andre Blackman entitled “The Advance of mHealth” which he recently presented at North Carolina Division of Public Health. It’s a nice introduction to mHealth concepts, and the potential that mobile phone based health applications can have on public health. The presentation highlights FrontlineSMS and a project by NOKIA in Brazil as practical examples of mHealth applications already in place that are creating positive outcomes for thousands of people every day.