[UgaBYTES] mHealth Alliance Award Launched

[Mwathi Francis]

The new mHealth Alliance Award, designed to spur innovation in the
development of wireless solutions to global health challenges, was announced
last week.  The award will be granted to the U.S-based developer of an
innovative wireless technology with the most potential to address critical
health challenges, especially in developing regions.  The mHealth Alliance
is sponsoring the award as an adjunct to the Vodafone Americas Foundation's
Wireless Innovation Project.

The winner of the mHealth Alliance Award will receive a cash prize and
benefits totaling $50,000, including participation in Santa Clara
University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society's Global Social
Benefit Incubator Program (GSBIT), a highly competitive program that
connects innovators with a Silicon Valley support network and provides
instruction on how to achieve maximum sustainability and impact in social
enterprises.  In addition, the winner will receive strategic and networking
assistance from the mHealth Alliance.

Parties interested in the mHealth Alliance Award need to apply to the
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project that is now underway.  Applications are
being accepted through February 1, 2010.  Vodafone Americas Foundation will
award first ($300,000), second ($200,000) and third ($100,000) prizes.   The
winner of the mHealth Alliance Award is eligible for the first three prizes
as well. mHealth Alliance Award and Wireless Innovation Project winners will
be announced at the Global Philanthropy Forum on April 19, 2010.

Further information is available at
http://award.mHealthAlliance.org.<http://award.mhealthalliance.org./>Apply
online at
http://www.project.vodafone-us.com/. <http://www.project.vodafone-us.com/>