Mobile health applications for HIV prevention and care in Africa

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 464-471

  Forrest, Jamie I ^a,b   Wiens, Matthew ^a,b   Kanters, Steve ^a,b   Nsanzimana, Sabin ^c,d   Lester, Richard T ^b   Mills, Edward J ^a,e  

^a Global Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; M health; Mobile health; SMS

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEHEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

AFRICA; CELL PHONES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84943772928     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000198     Document Type: Review

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