Mhealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-171

  Labrique, Alain B ^a   Vasudevan, Lavanya ^a   Kochi, Erica ^b   Fabricant, Robert ^c   Mehl, Garrett ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c Frog Design Inc   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84981707968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00031     Document Type: Article

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