An SMS-based HIV/AIDS education and awareness model for rural areas in Papua New Guinea

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 182, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-169

  Suwamaru, Joseph Kim ^a  

^a Divine Word University   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment (ART); Business coalition against HIV AIDS (BAHA); HIV AIDS; Mobile phone; National AIDS council; Rural areas; Short message service (SMS)

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DISEASES; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MHEALTH; MOBILE PHONES; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE SETS; TEXT MESSAGING;

ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT; AWARENESS MODEL; HIV/AIDS; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84872557814     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-152-6-161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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