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Promises and perils of mobile health in Burkina Faso

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Mobile health (mHealth) has attracted much attention in the global health community as a technological fix that can short-circuit inadequate health-system infrastructure and build access. But like many other technology-based approaches to remedy structural health inequities, mHealth interventions can be overhyped. We discusses here MOS@N, an mHealth network launched in 2013 by the Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Burkina Faso, with funding from the International Development Research Centre, Canada [...]


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Sawadogo, N. H., Sanou, H., Greene, J. A. et Duclos, V. (2021). Promises and perils of mobile health in Burkina Faso. Lancet, 398(10302), 738-739.

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N Hélène Sawadogo
Hamidou Sanou
Jeremy A Greene