m‐Health and Global Healthcare

The chapter presents a general overview of the current landscape of global m‐Health initiatives in different developing countries. Most of the developing world and particularly low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) face a plethora of challenges to their healthcare delivery. These countries face severe lack of specialist healthcare resources, as well as having some of the largest burdens of disease and extreme poverty, compounded by high population growth rates. The current landscape of numerous m‐Health initiatives and projects conducted in the last decade in different continental settings are discusses along with some of the common global m‐Health themes and their impacts. The chapter illustrates for completeness some m‐Health initiatives in different parts of the African continent. Finally, it summarizes the key recommendations necessary for successful deployment of m‐Health systems and services in Iraq. The global m‐Health benefits are widely documented, but challenges remain.