Improving Access to ARVs Using mHealth

Marasi Mwencha, MBASenior mHealth Advisor

State of mHealth at JSI

SMS Systems: Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, USA

Image transmission: Zimbabwe

Survey: Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia

Social Media: AIDS.gov, Smoking Cessation, mHealth Evaluation

Mapping: Laos

Define the problem

Engage the ecosystem of stakeholders

Design to scale

Focus on the end user

Incorporate routine M&E into your system

JSI’s Approach to mHealth

Ghana: Early Warning System

HIV products managed:• Nevirapine• Combivir• Zidovudine• Lamivudine• First Response• Oraquick

Zimbabwe: Image Transmission System

• Mobile logistics reporting system for all ARVs

• Completed order forms transmitted via phone data connection

• SMSo Universally adopted

• Mobile Webo Nearly Universal

• Applicationso Targeted experience

United States: AIDS.gov

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