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"The promise of mHealth to extend quality health care to the further reaches of wireless communication can only be delivered with the right partners working together on the ground," said David Aylward, mHealth Alliance Executive Director. "We are delighted to welcome PEPFAR and its network of host country participants to the mHealth Alliance. We look forward to sharing our respective strengths, experiences, methodologies, and resources, to deliver more health for the money, and better health."

PEPFAR's support will expand the overall Alliance program. It will also strengthen country HIV/AIDS programs by introducing mobile technology-enhanced solutions in select host countries, and sharing best practices, including the experiences of the PEPFAR's Phones for Health public-private partnership.

The mHealth Alliance was launched to accelerate and build cross-sector collaboration in delivering on the promise of mobile technology to help meet some of the gravest global health challenges, including reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV/AIDS. In addition to cooperative field projects, initial areas of broader Alliance activity include identifying barriers to mHealth deployment, best practices and effective policy frameworks to allow mHealth to contribute to long-term, sustainable and improved health outcomes, and building private sector engagement to reduce the cost and increase the reach and value proposition of mHealth.

About PEPFAR:
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was launched in 2003 to combat global HIV/AIDS, and is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in history. Under PEPFAR, the U.S. Government has already committed more than $25 billion to the fight against global HIV/AIDS. As of September 30, 2008, PEPFAR supported life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than 2.1 million men, wome
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