The complexity of scaling up an mHealth intervention: the case of SMS for Life in Tanzania from a health systems integration perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SMS for Life was one of the earliest large-scale implementations of mHealth innovations worldwide. Its goal was to increase visibility to antimalarial stock-outs through the use of SMS technology. The objective of this case study was to show the multiple innovations that SMS for Life brought to the Tanzanian public health sector and to discuss the challenges of scaling up that led to its discontinuation from a health systems perspective.

Methods

A qualitative case-study approach was used. This included a literature review, a document review of 61 project documents, a timeline of key events and the collection and analysis of 28 interviews with key stakeholders involved in or affected by the SMS for Life programme. Data collection was informed by the health system b

SUBMITTER: Sant Fruchtman C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature