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

Hirsch‐Moverman 2017.

Country Lesotho
Resources Lower middle‐income country
Data collection Interviews
Health worker category Lay health workers (LHWs)
Health issue Unclear
mHealth system The community‐based LHWs received automated medication and appointment reminders of their clients, on their personal mobile phones. They also sent text messages to clients, and received monthly phone credit. Facility‐based LHWs used a mobile phone, issued to them, to communicate with the community‐based LHWs. Clients with access to a mobile phone, received monthly airtime to communicate with the LHWs and facility staff.
WHO taxonomy 1.2 Targeted client communication
1.1.3 Transmit targeted alerts and reminders to client(s)
Notes The mHealth study was conducted between April 2013 and August 2015.