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. 2013 Aug 6;1(2):160-71.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00031. eCollection 2013 Aug.

mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework

Alain B Labrique  1 , Lavanya Vasudevan  1 , Erica Kochi  2 , Robert Fabricant  3 , Garrett Mehl  4
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mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework

Alain B Labrique et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

This new framework lays out 12 common mHealth applications used as health systems strengthening innovations across the reproductive health continuum.

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Competing Interests: None declared.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The mHealth and ICT Framework for RMNCH Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; ICT, information and communications technology; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; RMNCH, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Twelve Common mHealth and ICT Applications
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Sample Application of the mHealth and ICT Framework for RMNCH Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; ICT, information and communications technology; RMNCH, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health. The fictional “Project Vaccinate” is an mHealth system that integrates 5 of the 12 common mHealth applications to identify newborns and support families and community health workers in ensuring timely and complete vaccination.
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