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Lester R, Manson M, Semakula M, Jang H, Mugabo H, Magzari A, et al.
PLOS Digit Health . 2025 Jan; 4(1):e0000625. PMID: 39813181
Community isolation of patients with communicable infectious diseases limits spread of pathogens but our understanding of isolated patients' needs and challenges is incomplete. Rwanda deployed a digital health service nationally...
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de Araujo A, Silva I, de Figueiredo R, Lopes R, Silva C, Junior O, et al.
Front Sociol . 2024 Feb; 9:1303295. PMID: 38390288
Digital health and sustainable development goals have had strong impacts with the COVID-19 pandemic. In Brazil, the health crisis scenario required changes in social welfare programs and policies, based on...
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Nordberg B, Kaguiri E, Chamorro de Angeles K, Gabriel E, van der Kop M, Mwangi W, et al.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth . 2024 Jan; 24(1):25. PMID: 38172881
Background: To improve future mobile health (mHealth) interventions in resource-limited settings, knowledge of participants' adherence to interactive interventions is needed, but previous studies are limited. We aimed to investigate how...
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Nordberg B, van der Kop M, Mwangi W, Mwangi J, Kaguiri E, Chamorro de Angeles K, et al.
Sci Rep . 2023 Jun; 13(1):9389. PMID: 37296174
Retention in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) care is critical to prevent vertical HIV transmission and reduce morbidity and mortality of mother-infant pairs. We investigated whether weekly, interactive text-messaging improved...
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Pakhomova T, Nicholson V, Fischer M, Ferguson J, Moore D, Salters K, et al.
Qual Health Res . 2023 May; 33(8-9):765-777. PMID: 37225177
Mobile phone-based engagement approaches provide potential platforms for improving access to primary healthcare (PHC) services for underserved populations. We held two focus groups (February 2020) with residents ( = 25)...
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Babili A, Nsanzimana S, Rwagasore E, Lester R
Front Digit Health . 2023 Jan; 4:1071790. PMID: 36714610
Background: COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented global health challenges. Rwanda identified its first COVID-19 case on March 14, 2020 and subsequently introduced Home-Base Care (HBC) Program in August 2020 following...
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Abomoslim M, Babili A, Ghaseminejad-Tafreshi N, Manson M, Fattah F, El Joueidi S, et al.
Front Digit Health . 2022 Nov; 4:928602. PMID: 36440462
Background: Digital health interventions are increasingly used for patient care, yet little data is available on the phone access type and usage preferences amongst medical ward inpatients to inform the...
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Nordberg B, Mwangi W, van der Kop M, Were E, Kaguiri E, Kagesten A, et al.
Sci Rep . 2021 Nov; 11(1):22652. PMID: 34811384
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV remains a significant concern in Africa despite earlier progress. Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV is crucial to reduce mortality among infected infants through early treatment...
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Logie C, Okumu M, Berry I, Hakiza R, Musoke D, Kyambadde P, et al.
BMJ Open . 2021 Nov; 11(11):e055530. PMID: 34810193
Introduction: With over 82.4 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, there remains an urgent need to better describe culturally, contextually and age-tailored strategies for preventing COVID-19 in humanitarian contexts. Knowledge gaps...
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Mills E, Lester R
Lancet Digit Health . 2020 Dec; 1(1):e4-e5. PMID: 33323240
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