http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/22/earth-institute-participates-in-first-ever-mhealth-survey/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/22/earth-institute-participates-in-first-ever-mhealth-survey/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:01:13 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15736 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/22/earth-institute-participates-in-first-ever-mhealth-survey/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:48:09 +0000 Prabhjot Singh http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12289 In the past few weeks, there has been an steady rise in news about Community Health Workers (CHWs), domestically and abroad. The reason for enthusiasm is obvious: without replacing doctors and nurses, regular people can take an active role in the health of their community.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/15/mhealth-summit/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/15/mhealth-summit/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:53:34 +0000 Patty Mechael http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8508 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/15/mhealth-summit/feed/ 6 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:20:18 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8453 By Casey Iiams-Hauser and Yanis Ben Amor HIV infection in children occurs most often during pregnancy and labor or post-natally during breastfeeding. While new HIV infections among children have declined since 2002, a staggering 430,000 children were infected in 2008...]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/07/from-mhealth-policy-and-research-to-applications-development-and-implementation-follow-colleagues-from-the-earth-institute-at-the-2010-mhealth-summit-in-washington-d-c/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/07/from-mhealth-policy-and-research-to-applications-development-and-implementation-follow-colleagues-from-the-earth-institute-at-the-2010-mhealth-summit-in-washington-d-c/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:54:42 +0000 Sarina Virk http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8263 From November 8-10, more than 2000 attendees will come together at the 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. to explore the many ways in which mobile technology is being leveraged to improve the health and well-being of millions of people through the world. Over 175 experts and leaders are scheduled to speak, with special Keynote [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/07/from-mhealth-policy-and-research-to-applications-development-and-implementation-follow-colleagues-from-the-earth-institute-at-the-2010-mhealth-summit-in-washington-d-c/feed/ 0