India calling: Harnessing the promise of mobile phones for HIV healthcare

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-216

  Shet, Anita ^a   De Costa, Ayesha ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Healthcare; HIV; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

AFRICA; INDIA;

EID: 78651454402     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02678.x     Document Type: Article

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