ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2014
Barriers to pilot mobile teleophthalmology in a rural hospital in Southern Malawi.
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- A pilot study of a novel, incentivised mHealth technology to monitor the vaccine supply chain in rural Zambia.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Trial
- mHealth knowledge and usage in maternal healthcare delivery: perspectives and experiences of healthcare practitioners in Ghana.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Teleophthalmology in Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Teleophthalmology in Delivering Ophthalmic Care to Underserved Populations: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Healthcare Workers' Perspectives of mHealth Adoption Factors in the Developing World: Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Barriers and facilitators for the sustainability of digital health interventions in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Review
- Scaling Up Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Eye Screening: Opportunities for Widespread Implementation in the USA.Current diabetes reports · 2019Review
- The feasibility of automated eye tracking with the Early Childhood Vigilance Test of attention in younger HIV-exposed Ugandan children.Neuropsychology · 2017Article
- Current and Next Generation Portable Screening Devices for Diabetic Retinopathy.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2016Review
- Teleophthalmology: improving patient outcomes?Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Review
- Eye Health Integration in Southern and Eastern Africa: A Scoping Review.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
introductionMalawi has one of the highest HIV prevalences in Sub-Saharan Africa. The rate of eligible HIV-infected people being initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retained in HIV-care is currently far from adequate. Consequently, many people continue present with advanced immunosuppression at public health facilities, often with undiagnosed opportunistic infections (OIs).
methodsIn this context, mHealth was the innovation chosen to assist Eye Clinical Officers in early diagnosis of HIV-related diseases having eye manifestations in a rural hospital in Thyolo, Southern Malawi.
resultsThe mTeleophthalmology program began in October 2013, but was stopped prematurely due to organizational and technological barriers that compromised its feasibility.
conclusionSharing these barriers might be useful to inform the design of similar innovations in other resource-limited settings with a high HIV prevalence and a dearth of eye specialists with capacity to diagnose HIV-related retinopathies.
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