Title: Responding to the human resource crisis : peer health workers, mobile phones, and HIV care in Rakai, Uganda

Authors: Chang, Larry William

Place: [Larchmont, NY

Publisher: Liebert]

Year: 2008

Journal: AIDS patient care and STDs

Volume: vol. 22, nr. 3

PAGE: 173--174

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health personnel, communication technology, aids, uganda

Abstract: The article describes a pilot programme equipping peer health workers (PHW) with mobile phones to monitor patients in a rural antiretroviral therapy programme in Uganda. The aim was to improve communication between PHWs and higher-level providers in a rural setting with poor infrastructure.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674572/pdf/nihms104006.pdf

Document type: E-article