Title: India calling : harnessing the promise of mobile phones for HIV healthcare

Authors: Shet, Anita and De Costa, Ayesha

Place: [Oxford]

Publisher: Blackwell

Year: 2011

Journal: Tropical medicine and international health

Volume: vol. 16, no. 2

PAGE: 214--216

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, aids, health information, disease control, india

Abstract: A major challenge in HIV healthcare is sustaining good adherence to antiretroviral treatment. This report focuses on applications of mobile phones in the area of HIV healthcare delivery as mobile phones are widespread in those areas of the world with a heavy burden of HIV and infectious diseases.

URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02678.x/pdf

Document type: Report