Journal article
Reducing Stock-Outs of Life Saving Malaria Commodities Using Mobile Phone Text-Messaging: SMS for Life Study in Kenya
Health facility stock-outs of life saving malaria medicines are common across Africa. Innovative ways of addressing this problem are urgently required. We evaluated whether SMS based reporting of stocks of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) can result in reduction of stock-outs at peripheral facilities in Kenya.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2013
Journal
PLoS ONE
Volume
1
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Service delivery
Diseases
- Malaria
Countries
- Kenya
Tags
- Data reporting
- Mobile phone
- SMS
WHO Regions
- African Region