Text message reminders improve healthcare practice in rural Africa, study finds

Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 02:30 in Health & Medicine

New research funded by the Wellcome Trust has shown that sending text message reminders to healthcare workers in rural Africa can improve the implementation of national guidelines for treating malaria. The intervention led to more patients receiving accurate antimalarial treatment.

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