Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Background The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at treating and preventing a wide range of health conditions. However, evidence on the use of mHealth in high disease burdened settings such as sub-Sharan Africa is not cl...

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Published in:	BMC medical informatics and decision making Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 11 - 18
Main Authors:	Osei, Ernest, Kuupiel, Desmond, Vezi, Portia Nelisiwe, Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 06.01.2021 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Availability Cellular telephones Cervical cancer Cervix Clinical trials Communication Diagnosis Disease Disease diagnosis Disease screening eHealth/ telehealth/ mobile health systems Female Health aspects Health Informatics Health services HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hypertension Information Systems and Communication Service Kenya Malaria Malawi Management of Computing and Information Systems Medical diagnosis Medical informatics Medical personnel Medical treatment Medicine Medicine & Public Health mHealth applications mHealth apps mHealth technologies Mobile applications Mobile health Nigeria Prevention Quality assessment Research Article Smartphones South Africa Technology Telemedicine Vector-borne diseases Workers South Africa Kenya Nigeria Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa Africa Disease diagnosis mHealth applications Disease screening Diagnostic accuracy Treatment support Mobile health mHealth technologies Therapeutic procedures mHealth apps Health workers Sub-Saharan Africa
ISSN:	1472-6947, 1472-6947
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