Title: The (m)health connection : an examination of the promise of mobile phones for HIV/AIDS intervention in sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Phippard, Trisha Marie

Place: [S.l.

Publisher: Author]

Year: cop. 2012

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Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: aids, disease prevention, mobile telecommunication services, health care delivery, health education, south africa, africa south of sahara

Abstract: Focusing on a case study from South Africa (the mHealth organization Cell-Life), this thesis offers an examination of the development of innovative, locally appropriate, sustainable and scalable uses of mobile phones as instruments to support and advance HIV/AIDS work in sub-Saharan Africa.

URL: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1962&context=etd

Document type: E-article