Smartphones empowering women in sub-Saharan Africa, evidence suggests
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 09:20
in Health & Medicine
An international team of researchers has found evidence that shows giving women in sub-Saharan Africa smartphones leads to increased use of contraception, increased HIV testing and lower infant mortality rates. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study of data from a wide variety of sources that document women's health and economic issues in different parts of Africa, and what they learned from it.