mHealth adoption in low-resource environments : a review of the use of mobile healthcare in developing countries

• Main Authors: Chib, Arul, van Velthoven, Michelle Helena, Car, Josip
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102310; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19913
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The acknowledged potential of using mobile phones for improving healthcare in low-resource environments of developing countries has yet to translate into significant mHealth policy investment. The low uptake of mHealth in policy agendas may stem from a lack of evidence of the scalable, sustainable i...