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

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

New research has shown that sending text message reminders to health-care 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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