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

Mwendwa 2016.

Country Rwanda
Resources Low‐income country
Data collection Focus group discussions
Health worker category Lay health workers (LHWs)
Health issue Maternal and child health
mHealth system LHWs used mobile phones, issued to them, to record routine health care to pregnant mothers. They received automated reminders on their clients’ appointment dates. They could also send emergency alerts and receive advice on immediate action.
WHO taxonomy 2.1 Client identification and registration
2.1.2 Enrol client for health services/clinical care plan
2.3 Healthcare provider decision support
2.3.1 Provide prompts and alerts according to protocol
2.6 Referral co‐ordination
2.6.1 Co‐ordinate emergency response and transport
Notes The implementation date of the mHealth programme was not reported. The qualitative study was conducted between June and July 2013.