Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Text-Message Reminder Programmes to Improve Health Workers' Adherence to Malaria Guidelines in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac; Bruce A. Larson; Raymond K. Sudoi; Robert W. Snow

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052045

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Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Text-Message Reminder Programmes to Improve Health Workers' Adherence to Malaria Guidelines in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac ,

* E-mail: dzurovac@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Malaria Public Health Cluster, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust–University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Center for Global Health and Development, Department of International Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bruce A. Larson,

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Department of International Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Raymond K. Sudoi,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health Cluster, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust–University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
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Robert W. Snow

Affiliations Malaria Public Health Cluster, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust–University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Text-Message Reminder Programmes to Improve Health Workers' Adherence to Malaria Guidelines in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac,
Bruce A. Larson,
Raymond K. Sudoi,
Robert W. Snow

Published: December 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052045

About the Authors

Dejan Zurovac

* E-mail: dzurovac@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Malaria Public Health Cluster, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust–University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Center for Global Health and Development, Department of International Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bruce A. Larson

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Department of International Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raymond K. Sudoi

Affiliation Malaria Public Health Cluster, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust–University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Robert W. Snow

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ RKS BAL RWS. Performed the experiments: DZ RKS BAL. Analyzed the data: BAL. Wrote the paper: DZ RKS BAL RWS.

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