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Kenya

Mobile, social, health, care

November 15, 2013 By Susannah Fox 33 Comments

Two people holding hands at the mouth of a tunnel. Uploaded by Adam Foster on flickr

A clinical trial in Kenya confirmed that human kindness is the secret ingredient to health and mobile phones are an ideal delivery system. Well, that’s my interpretation. Here’s the gist: Taking your meds is essential to maintaining your health when you live with a chronic condition. People know this, but they need help doing it. […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, positive patterns, trends & principles Tagged With: diabetes, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, Kenya, mhealth summit, mobile, patientslikeme, peer-to-peer healthcare, Project HealthDesign, QuitNet, smoking cessation, SMS

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