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. 2020 Mar 26;2020(3):CD011942. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011942.pub2

Barnabee 2014.

Country Timor‐Leste, a half‐island nation, South‐East Asia
Resources Lower middle‐income country
Data collection Interviews, observations, and fieldnotes
Health worker category Professionally licensed midwives
Health issue Maternal and child health
mHealth system Midwives registered pregnant women on smart phones, which was issued to them. The phones were used to (i) receive notifications to follow‐up with their clients at key milestones; (ii) access a list of clients due to give birth in the following week; (iii) send batch short message service (SMS) messages to clients; and (iv) to consult with their clients. Clients received a free SMS service to request a consultation with their midwife over the phone.
WHO taxonomy 2.1 Client identification and registration
2.1.2 Enrol client for health services/clinical care plan
Notes The mHealth study was conducted in 2013.