Table 1.

Examples of sexual and reproductive health mobile applications for self care and relevance to the WHO classification of digital health interventions v1.0⁴.

Categories		Definitions
Interventions for clients: Clients are members of the public who are potential or current users of health services, including health promotion activities. Caregivers of clients receiving health services are also included in this group.
Client focused digital interventions relevant to sexual and reproductive health mobile apps for self care include:
1.1 Targeted client communication	1.1.1: health event alerts to specific populations (e.g. could relay STI outbreak)
	1.1.2: targeted health information based on health status or demographics (e.g. could focus on same-sex practices among men)
	1.1.3: targeted alerts and reminders to clients (e.g. for HIV and/or STI testing, medication adherence)
	1.1.4: transmit diagnostic result or result availability to client (e.g. STI result is ready at nearby clinic)
1.3 Client to client communication	1.3.1: Peer group for client (e.g. for antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV)
1.4 Personal health tracking	1.4.3: Client can capture data (e.g. on adherence)
1.6 On-demand information services to clients	1.6.1: Client retrieving health information (e.g. looking up HIV prevention strategies)
Healthcare provider focused digital interventions relevant to sexual and reproductive health mobile apps for self care include:
2.4 Telemedicine	2.4.1: Consultations between remote client and healthcare provider (e.g. about adherence, side effects)
	2.4.3: Transmission of medical data to healthcare provider (e.g. self-testing results)
2.8 Healthcare provider training	2.8.1: Provide healthcare providers training (e.g. how to assess helpful and accurate SRH mobile apps)
	2.8.1: Assess capacity of healthcare provider (e.g. regarding SRH knowledge and needs for specific populations, for instance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons)