Egypt mHealth

Mobile health is more evolution than revolution

By Neil Versel 09:27 am April 26, 2011

Last week, online “knowledge forum” Big Think interviewed UCLA engineering professor Aydogan Ozacan of the school’s California NanoSystems Institute in touting the “coming wireless health revolution.” The institute is trying to shrink an optical microscope so it can be attached to a cell phone to help identify infectious diseases in remote and underserved parts of the world. That sounds pretty...

Egypt, Saudi Arabia plan nationwide mobile health

By Brian Dolan 08:02 am August 2, 2010

Qualcomm is working with regional governments and mobile operators in the Middle East to create country-wide mobile health systems within the next three to five years, according to a report in Reuters. Qualcomm is currently looking into opening offices in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt in mid-2011. Jay Srage, Qualcomm's vice-president for business development in the Middle East, North Africa and...