ITU150 in May: ICT drivers of innovation
Innovating with Baye: Can ICTs transform access to healthcare? It is predicted that by 2030, 366 million people will be living with diabetes worldwide. Baye Oumar Gueye explains how mobile health solutions have revolutionized access to healthcare for diabetics in…
Press release: Sanofi joins Be He@lthy, Be Mobile initiative
Partnership harnessing power of ICTs to deliver health-care solutions Geneva, 26 February 2015 – Multinational pharmaceutical firm Sanofi has joined the International Telecommunication Union’s Be He@lthy, Be Mobile initiative, which ITU leads in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). Be He@lthy…
ITU supports humanitarian health efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan
Emergency telecommunications equipment donated to World Health Organization and Philippines government crisis response units Geneva, 20 November 2013 – ITU is providing satellite terminals for both voice and high-speed data to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its humanitarian work…
ITU and Bupa to collaborate on m-Health initiative
Partnership supports ITU-WHO goal to combat non-communicable diseases using mobile services Geneva, 12 November 2013 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has signed a ground-breaking partnership agreement with international healthcare company Bupa, to collaborate on a global ‘m-Health’ initiative called ‘Be Healthy,…