Who bears the cost of ‘informal mhealth’? Health-workers’ mobile phone practices and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi

Hampshire, K.; Porter, G.; Mariwah, S.; Munthali, A.; Robson, E.; Owusu, S.A.; Abane, A.; Milner, J.

doi:10.1093/heapol/czw095

All Outputs (2)

Young People’s Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving Young Lives (2016)
Book
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, A., & Mashiri, M. (2017). Young People’s Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving Young Lives. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45431-7

Who bears the cost of ‘informal mhealth’? Health-workers’ mobile phone practices and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi (2016)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Porter, G., Mariwah, S., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Owusu, S., …Milner, J. (2017). Who bears the cost of ‘informal mhealth’? Health-workers’ mobile phone practices and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi. Health Policy and Planning, 32(1), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw095

Africa’s recent communications ‘revolution’ has generated optimism that using mobile phones for health (mhealth) can help bridge healthcare gaps, particularly for rural, hard-to-reach populations. However, while scale-up of mhealth pilots remains lim... Read More about Who bears the cost of ‘informal mhealth’? Health-workers’ mobile phone practices and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi.