Completed | December 2017

Mobile Phone Technology for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Cost

Overview

Country:

Kenya

Subject Matter:

PMTCT and HIV-free Survival

This WHO-funded cluster randomized study, conducted in rural Kenya, aimed to determine the effect of mobile phone technology on key prevention of mother-to-child transmission milestone completion from antenatal care to six weeks postpartum.

Data Collection Period: March 2012 – December 2013

Findings published in BMC Public Health, December 2013: “Exploring the use of mobile phone technology for the enhancement of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program in Nyanza, Kenya: a qualitative study”

 

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