Assessing the impact of mHealth interventions in low- and middle-income countries--what has been shown to work?

Effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health (2016) 0.95

The use of cell phones and radio communication systems to reduce delays in getting help for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Glob Health Action (2015) 0.88

eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.88

Low Quality of Free Coaching Apps With Respect to the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines: A Review of Current Mobile Apps. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (2015) 0.87

Assessment of the quality of antenatal care services provided by health workers using a mobile phone decision support application in northern Nigeria: a pre/post-intervention study. PLoS One (2015) 0.87

Evaluation of a mHealth Data Quality Intervention to Improve Documentation of Pregnancy Outcomes by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi: A Cluster Randomized Trial. PLoS One (2016) 0.82

Feasibility of an innovative electronic mobile system to assist health workers to collect accurate, complete and timely data in a malaria control programme in a remote setting in Kenya. Malar J (2015) 0.80

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of mHealth interventions against non-communicable diseases in developing countries. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.79

The effectiveness of e-& mHealth interventions to promote physical activity and healthy diets in developing countries: A systematic review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2016) 0.79

Text Messaging for Exercise Promotion in Older Adults From an Upper-Middle-Income Country: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res (2016) 0.78

Assessing the Quality of Mobile Exercise Apps Based on the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines: A Reliable and Valid Scoring Instrument. J Med Internet Res (2017) 0.77

The Effects of a Locally Developed mHealth Intervention on Delivery and Postnatal Care Utilization; A Prospective Controlled Evaluation among Health Centres in Ethiopia. PLoS One (2016) 0.77

Health Worker mHealth Utilization: A Systematic Review. Comput Inform Nurs (2016) 0.77

The Impact of Automated Brief Messages Promoting Lifestyle Changes Delivered Via Mobile Devices to People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials. J Med Internet Res (2016) 0.76

The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials (2016) 0.75

mHealth for Clinical Decision-Making in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (2017) 0.75

Development of a pharmacovigilance safety monitoring tool for the rollout of single low-dose primaquine and artemether-lumefantrine to treat Plasmodium falciparum infections in Swaziland: a pilot study. Malar J (2016) 0.75

Assessing the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of a Tablet-Based Cervical Cancer Educational Intervention. J Cancer Educ (2015) 0.75

Management of diabolical diabetes mellitus and periodontitis nexus: Are we doing enough? World J Diabetes (2016) 0.75

The effect of a clinical decision-making mHealth support system on maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials (2017) 0.75

Surveillance of HIV assisted partner services using routine health information systems in Kenya. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2016) 0.75

Safetxt: a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone to increase safer sex behaviours in young people. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75

The mCME Project: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education Intervention for Improving Medical Knowledge among Vietnamese Community Based Physicians' Assistants. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Mobile mental health interventions following war and disaster. Mhealth (2016) 0.75

Healthcare workers' perceptions and experiences on using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2015) 0.75

Barriers to Real-Time Medical Direction via Cellular Communication for Prehospital Emergency Care Providers in Gujarat, India. Cureus (2016) 0.75

Management of noma: practice competence and knowledge among healthcare workers in a rural district of Zambia. Glob Health Action (2017) 0.75

A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan: study protocol. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75

An intervention delivered by text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials (2017) 0.75

Computerized Childbirth Monitoring Tools for Health Care Providers Managing Labor: A Scoping Review. JMIR Med Inform (2017) 0.75

ICTs and the challenge of health system transition in low and middle-income countries. Global Health (2017) 0.75

Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial. Lancet (2010) 12.92

Mobile phone based clinical microscopy for global health applications. PLoS One (2009) 6.01

Engaging the private sector to increase tuberculosis case detection: an impact evaluation study. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 5.62

The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet (2011) 5.42

The effectiveness of mobile-health technologies to improve health care service delivery processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med (2013) 5.02

Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 4.56

Verbal autopsy: methods in transition. Epidemiol Rev (2010) 3.99

The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2009) 3.49

60 Million non-facility births: who can deliver in community settings to reduce intrapartum-related deaths? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 3.48

mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework. Glob Health Sci Pract (2013) 3.11

E-health in low- and middle-income countries: findings from the Center for Health Market Innovations. Bull World Health Organ (2012) 2.75

Evaluation of a computerized field data collection system for health surveys. Bull World Health Organ (1991) 2.51

Evaluation of an Android-based mHealth system for population surveillance in developing countries. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2012) 2.27

Effectiveness of mobile phone messaging in prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle modification in men in India: a prospective, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol (2013) 2.19

Text message intervention designs to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART): a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS One (2014) 2.17

Impact of a mHealth intervention for peer health workers on AIDS care in rural Uganda: a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial. AIDS Behav (2011) 2.08

A text message-based intervention to bridge the healthcare communication gap in the rural developing world. Technol Health Care (2010) 1.99

Designing and Implementing an Innovative SMS-based alert system (RapidSMS-MCH) to monitor pregnancy and reduce maternal and child deaths in Rwanda. Pan Afr Med J (2012) 1.92

Mobile phones as a health communication tool to improve skilled attendance at delivery in Zanzibar: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BJOG (2012) 1.92

Application of mobile-technology for disease and treatment monitoring of malaria in the "Better Border Healthcare Programme". Malar J (2010) 1.82

Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: a comparative study in Peru. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2008) 1.82

A multifaceted intervention to improve health worker adherence to integrated management of childhood illness guidelines in Benin. Am J Public Health (2009) 1.78

Mobile device for disease diagnosis and data tracking in resource-limited settings. Clin Chem (2013) 1.72

Using mobile phones to improve clinic attendance amongst an antiretroviral treatment cohort in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional and prospective study. AIDS Behav (2010) 1.69

The impact of short message service text messages sent as appointment reminders to patients' cell phones at outpatient clinics in São Paulo, Brazil. Int J Med Inform (2009) 1.63

Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 1.57

Cell phone-based and internet-based monitoring and evaluation of the National Antiretroviral Treatment Program during rapid scale-up in Rwanda: TRACnet, 2004-2010. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2012) 1.41

Mobile phones improve antenatal care attendance in Zanzibar: a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.40

You have an important message! Evaluating the effectiveness of a text message HIV/AIDS campaign in Northwest Uganda. J Health Commun (2012) 1.38

Community based weighing of newborns and use of mobile phones by village elders in rural settings in Kenya: a decentralised approach to health care provision. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 1.38

High acceptability for cell phone text messages to improve communication of laboratory results with HIV-infected patients in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional survey study. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2012) 1.36

Data and image transfer using mobile phones to strengthen microscopy-based diagnostic services in low and middle income country laboratories. PLoS One (2011) 1.34

Mobile learning for HIV/AIDS healthcare worker training in resource-limited settings. AIDS Res Ther (2010) 1.31

Use of mobile learning by resident physicians in Botswana. Telemed J E Health (2011) 1.31

Community-based active tuberculosis case finding in poor urban settlements of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: a feasible and effective strategy. PLoS One (2014) 1.30

The feasibility of using mobile-phone based SMS reminders and conditional cash transfers to improve timely immunization in rural Kenya. Vaccine (2012) 1.30

The mobile phone as a tool in improving cancer care in Nigeria. Psychooncology (2011) 1.30

Performance factors of mobile rich media job aids for community health workers. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2011) 1.30

Quantitative imaging with a mobile phone microscope. PLoS One (2014) 1.25

Recent advances (2011-2012) in technology-delivered interventions for people living with HIV. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep (2012) 1.21

Use of mobile telemedicine for cervical cancer screening. J Telemed Telecare (2011) 1.20

Pregnancy registration systems can enhance health systems, increase accountability and reduce mortality. Reprod Health Matters (2012) 1.17

Diabetes buddies: peer support through a mobile phone buddy system. Diabetes Educ (2012) 1.10

Mobile teledermatology in the developing world: implications of a feasibility study on 30 Egyptian patients with common skin diseases. J Am Acad Dermatol (2010) 1.08

There are some questions you may not ask in a clinic: providing contraception information to young people in Kenya using SMS. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2013) 1.05

Midwives' cell phone use and health knowledge in rural communities. J Health Commun (2011) 1.02

Evaluation of txt2MEDLINE and development of short messaging service-optimized, clinical practice guidelines in Botswana. Telemed J E Health (2011) 1.02

The need for better data about counterfeit drugs in developing countries: a proposed standard research methodology tested in Chennai, India. J Clin Pharm Ther (2010) 1.02

Effects of a Phone Call Intervention to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Quality of Life of HIV/AIDS Patients in Baoshan, China: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AIDS Res Treat (2013) 0.99

Using mobile phone text messaging for malaria surveillance in rural Kenya. Malar J (2014) 0.98

Evaluation of generic medical information accessed via mobile phones at the point of care in resource-limited settings. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2013) 0.97

Cell phone-based system (Chaak) for surveillance of immatures of dengue virus mosquito vectors. J Med Entomol (2013) 0.94

Influence of mHealth interventions on gender relations in developing countries: a systematic literature review. Int J Equity Health (2013) 0.93

Retrospective return on investment analysis of an electronic treatment adherence device piloted in the Northern Cape Province. Telemed J E Health (2011) 0.93

Decreasing workload among community health workers using interactive, structured, rich-media guidelines on smartphones. Technol Health Care (2013) 0.91

Cellular telephone networks in developing countries. Lancet (2008) 0.91

LabPush: a pilot study of providing remote clinics with laboratory results via short message service (SMS) in Swaziland, Africa. PLoS One (2012) 0.91

Mobile teledermatology in sub-Saharan Africa: a useful tool in supporting health workers in low-resource centres. Acta Derm Venereol (2013) 0.86

Cost-effectiveness of various tuberculosis control strategies in Thailand. Value Health (2012) 0.85

Using no-cost mobile phone reminders to improve attendance for HIV test results: a pilot study in rural Swaziland. Infect Dis Poverty (2013) 0.82

Preventing dengue through mobile phones: evidence from a field experiment in Peru. J Health Econ (2014) 0.81

Vulnerabilities in mHealth implementation: a Ugandan HIV/AIDS SMS campaign. Glob Health Promot (2013) 0.81

Handheld device for counterfeit drug detection to be tested in Africa. BMJ (2013) 0.80