mHealth-community health worker telemedicine intervention for surgical site infection diagnosis: a prospective study among women delivering via caesarean section in rural Rwanda

mHealth-community health worker telemedicine intervention for surgical site infection diagnosis: a prospective study among women delivering via caesarean section in rural Rwanda

Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) cause a significant global public health burden in low and middle-income countries. Most SSIs develop after patient discharge and may go undetected. We assessed the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of an mHealth-community health worker (CHW) home-based t...

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Main Authors: Fredrick Kateera, Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier, Robert Riviello, Stefanie J Klug, Lotta Velin, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Erick Gaju, Wendy Williams, Anne Niyigena, Elizabeth Miranda, Laban Bikorimana, Jonathan Nkurunziza, Andrea S Goodman, Alex Matousek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-07-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/7/e009365.full

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