The majority of rural populations lack basic health knowledge and have limited access to adequate healthcare facilities in time in Southeast
Asia. Limited access to healthcare facilities has a negative impact on their quality of life owing to unmet health needs, delay in receiving
appropriate care, lack of preventive services, and hospitalisations that could have been prevented.
We propose “ M-health” (healthcare provision through mobile devices) that saves time, energy and cost to fulfil their health needs by
overcoming geographical boundaries. Health-related information and expertise become accessible virtually anywhere at any time. Better
healthcare quality, patient outcome, patient-healthcare provider partnerships and consumer engagement are all expected to contribute to meeting
the stakeholders’ needs.