MHealth applications for telemedicine and public health intervention in Botswana

2011 IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, IST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Littman Quinn, Ryan ^a   Chandra, Amit ^b   Schwartz, Adam ^a   Fadlelmola, Faisal M ^b   Ghose, Sankalpo ^a   Luberti, Anthony A ^c   Tatarsky, Allison ^d   Chihanga, Simon ^e   Ramogola Masire, Doreen ^a   Steenhoff, Andrew ^a   Kovarik, Carrie ^a,f  

^a BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^e Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Cellular Phone; Cervical Cancer; Dermatology; ICT4D; M4D; Malaria; mHealth; Mobile Phone; Oral Health; Radiology; Telemedicine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CELLULAR PHONE; CERVICAL CANCERS; ICT4D; M4D; MALARIA; MHEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MOBILE PHONES; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855771914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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