mHealth for the control of TB/HIV in developing countries

Author

Bakshi, Ankita ; Narasimhan, Priya ; Junhua Li ; Chernih, N. ; Ray, Prakash K. ; MacIntyre, R.

Author_Institution

Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare Res. Centre (APuHC), Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 June 2011

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

14

Abstract

mHealth (healthcare using mobile communication technologies) is being strengthened as a new tool to tackle the global crisis in inadequate workforce and patient monitoring, especially in resource-limited settings. High numbers of people living with TB/HIV fail treatment and develop resistance because they cannot maintain a high degree of adherence to their medication regimens. This paper illustrates how a simple and inexpensive SMS-based mHealth application can be used to facilitate the TB/HIV treatment.

Keywords

electronic messaging; health care; mobile communication; patient monitoring; patient treatment; SMS-based mHealth; TB/HIV treatment; healthcare; mobile communication; patient monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Databases; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Monitoring; HIV; Medication Adherence; TB; Treatment; mHealth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Health Networking Applications and Services (Healthcom), 2011 13th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Columbia, MO

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-695-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-696-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2011.6026797

Filename

6026797