Resource Type: Activity Brief
Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG)
Published: 5/1/2013

Resource Description:

Through the HFG Project, USAID seeks to increase financial access for the poor and strengthen health systems by supporting the use of mobile phone-based payment mechanisms (mobile money) in health programming. Mobile phones are one of the fastest-spreading technologies, with over 3.2 billion individual subscribers in 2012.They unlock opportunities to reach populations that are otherwise limited by traditional banking and payment mechanisms. Through innovative programming, mobile money can increase the transparency, efficiency, and security of financial transactions at numerous points in the health sector.