[Re: https://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/mhealth-innovate-86-idea-topic-6-using-... ]
This is a good suggestion to be considered.
However, at this juncture, using IR framework may be easy or effective only in the countries where it is being implemented with clear guidelines and used with a systemic approach, i.e. if data related to the phone use in implementing government health schemes is a part of Health Information Systems.
Best regards,
Sunanda
Dr. Sunanda K. Reddy
Chairperson (Honorary),
CARENIDHI Trust , New Delhi , India
Phone: +91-9818621980,
HIFA Profile: Sunanda Kolli Reddy is a Developmental Paediatrician from New Delhi,India, with a special interest in Early Child Care and Development of children with neurodevelopmental problems in underserved communities. She is actively involved in health promotion, community-based research, care provider training for promoting abilities of children with special needs, through the various programmes of Centre for Applied Research and Education on Neurodevelopmental Impairments and Disability-related Health Initiatives (CARENIDHI), which she heads (www.carenidhi.org). Her work in the community settings to widen the disability-in-development model of CBR encompasses the wider determinants of health and human capabilities and issues which impact the lives of the poor. She combines her experience in developmental paediatrics with the core work of CARENIDHI's grassroots convergence programmes in partnership with groups working in the area of Implementation research and policy. She is a member of the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. http://www.hifa.org/projects/community-health-workers http://www.hifa.org/support/members/sunanda write2sunanda AT gmail.com