Title: Optimizing network connectivity for mobile health technologies in sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Siedner, Mark J.

Place: [San Francisco, CA etc.

Publisher: Public library of science] (PLoS)

Year: 2012

Journal: PLoS one

Volume: vol. 7, issue 9

PAGE: --

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: health care delivery, mobile telecommunication services, communication technology, africa south of sahara

Abstract: Mobile health (mHealth) technologies hold incredible promise to improve healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings. However, network reliability across large catchment areas can be a major challenge. Researched is the effect of addition of SMS to standard GPRS cellular network connectivity.

URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0045643

Document type: E-article