Exciting news from collaborators in Tanzania! The MDOTtrial ,whose main intervention is self-video recording of the participant while taking medication, requires the use of mobile smart phones. However, due to budget, the study was not able to purchase mobile smart phones for enrolled individuals in the intervention group.
In a meeting held on 20th Feb 2015, Vodacom Foundation agreed to donate mobile phones for this study. Subsequently, on 19th Mar 2015, Vodacom Foundation handed over 150 mobile phones to the sickle cell team in a brief ceremony at Muhimbili National Hospital.
Read the local media reports below:
Virtual clinic to help monitor medicine intake in Tanzania
The Vodacom Foundation has donated mobile phones to the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tanzania to support treatment adherence among patients. One hundred and fifty sickle cell patients are set to receive mobile handsets that will simplify monitoring of their health condition by sending videos of themselves taking their medication to the clinic from the comfort of their homes.
Tanzania still ranks high in sickle cell births
Virtual clinic to help monitor medicine intake Dar es Salaam, March 19, 2015: One hundred and fifty sickle cell patients are set to receive mobile handsets that will simplify monitoring of their health condition by sending videos of themselves taking their medication to the clinic from the comfort of their homes.
