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  • Practice Area

    Technology

    FHI 360's experts use the multiplying effect of innovative and basic technology to further the impact of everything we do.
  • Tools

    Going Online to Accelerate the Impact of HIV Programs

    Going Online is a vision and evolving framework for how HIV programs can use online and mobile platforms to accelerate impact toward meeting their HIV services objectives.
  • Published research

    Electronic health, telemedicine and new paradigms for training and care

    This qualitative literature review assesses eHealth and mHealth training methods for HIV care that were published between 2016 and 2017. Notable findings were that the merging of electronic medical records systems improved telemedicine through mobile networks and instant messaging services to low-resource areas, and that few trials established efficient strategies to train HIV care providers or extenders on HIV care outcomes. The authors recommend more rigorous testing of electronic training interventions to demonstrate the impact on services for people living with HIV.
  • Feature

    Mobile and wireless technology helps Ugandan farmers adapt to climate change

    Climate change poses great risks to the well-being of communities around the globe. Farmers in poor communities are often hit the hardest when drought occurs.
  • Publication

    Sema Nasi: Real-Time Feedback for Quality Improvement in Family Planning Services in Tanzania

    This brief describes the Sema Nasi (Kiswahili for “Talk to Us”) project and the results of the project. Sema Nasi is a mobile phone-based social accountability platform to enable clients to provide feedback on the quality of family...
  • Feature

    Mobile phones reach youth with critical sexual and reproductive health information

    The sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of young people — and the critical importance of meeting these needs — are well known. Still, young people globally face a multitude of barriers to accessing SRH information.
  • Past Project

    Step It Up: Wearables for Health in Ghana

    The Step It Up: Wearables for Health project in Ghana is studying whether patients with hypertension accept and use physical activity wristbands to monitor and produce data on their condition.
  • Published research

    Improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy with triggered real-time text message reminders: The China Adherence through Technology Study

    The China Adherence through Technology Study tested an intervention to increase adherence among HIV-positive patients in China using real-time feedback through text-message reminders and counseling. Real-time reminders significantly improved antiretroviral adherence. This approach appears promising for managing HIV and other chronic diseases and warrants further investigation and adaptation in other settings.
  • News

    Innovative use of mobile technology by FHI 360 project receives international recognition

    Durham, NC — FHI 360’s lifesaving Mobile Health Information System (MHIS) project, implemented in several previously underserved areas of South Africa with funding from Qualcomm Wireless Reach™ and the Henry E. Niles Foundation, has been awarded the...
  • Feature

    Improving knowledge on mHealth

    ​With the increasing global accessibility of mobile phones and wireless services, mobile technologies are revolutionizing the way health, education and social services are developed, implemented and evaluated. How can mobile technologies be...