Impact of mobile phone-based technology to improve health, population and nutrition services in Rural Bangladesh: A study protocol

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Uddin, Jasim ^a   Biswas, Tuhin ^a   Adhikary, Gourab ^a   Ali, Wazed ^a   Alam, Nurul ^a   Palit, Rajesh ^a   Uddin, Nizam ^a   Uddin, Aftab ^a   Khatun, Fatema ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Health services; mHealth technology; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE PHONE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

BANGLADESH; CELL PHONE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85022217297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0502-9     Document Type: Article

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