Call to assess role of mobile technology in health

With more than 70 percent of the world's five billion cellphone users living in low- and middle-income countries, mobile technology is seen as offering the potential to improve healthcare for the poor. The first African mobile health summit held in Cape Town, South Africa, from June 6 to 9 saw the release of the second global survey by the World Health Organisation (WHO) assessing this emerging field, known as "mHealth".