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Cross-link: Potential for text messaging to improve tuberculosis treatment compliance

Started by Amy House on 02 Jan 2009

In this month's issue of The Lancet, Eliza Barclay writes about the potential for text messaging, or SMS, to improve TB treatment adherence. A link to the article is posted in the GHDonline Technology community:
http://www.ghdonline.org/tech/resource/text-messages-could-hasten-tuberculosi...

Keywords: Community Health Workers  compliance  dots  Monitoring & Measurement  SMS  text messaging  tuberculosis 

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Jerry Okal

This is interesting read eager to know more about it. My concern though is
the models applicability in resource limited settings where large segments
of the population are underpriviledged and may be lacking mobile phones.

9:24 AM, 5 Jan 2009 | Permalink