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Mobile health applications for HIV prevention and care in Africa

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: More people have mobile phones in Africa than at any point in history. Mobile health (m-health), the use of mobile phones to support the delivery of health services, has expanded in recent years. Several models have been proposed for conceptualizing m-health in the fields of maternal-child health and chronic diseases. We conducted a literature review of m-health interventions for HIV prevention and care in African countries …

Authors

Forrest JI; Wiens M; Kanters S; Nsanzimana S; Lester RT; Mills EJ

Journal

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 464–471

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

November 2015

DOI

10.1097/coh.0000000000000198

ISSN

1746-630X