Texting to help SA HIV patients

Mobile phone text messaging is being used to help South African HIV patients with the complicated process of taking anti-retroviral drugs in an initiative by Cape Town University, reports the BBC.

It's quick, reliable and - most importantly for the cash-strapped health clinics in the townships - cheap: Each message costs just four US cents to send.

In a resource-poor clinic like Gugulethu's, it's small improvements like this that make a significant difference to the day-to-day treatment of South Africa's ever growing HIV population."

emily | 3:57 PM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2005/04/007903.htm