‘M-TRACK’ (mobile phone reminders and electronic tracking tool) cuts the risk of pre-treatment loss to follow-up by 80% among people living with HIV under programme settings: a mixed-methods study from Gujarat, India

‘M-TRACK’ (mobile phone reminders and electronic tracking tool) cuts the risk of pre-treatment loss to follow-up by 80% among people living with HIV under programme settings: a mixed-methods study from Gujarat, India

Background: In 2016, the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) in Gujarat, India implemented an innovative intervention called ‘M-TRACK’ (mobile phone reminders once every week for four weeks after diagnosis and electronic patient tracking tool) to reduce pre-treatment loss to follow-up (LFU) among...

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Main Authors: Kedar Mehta, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Sudhir Chawla, Paragkumar Chavda, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Kalpita S. Shringarpure, Dipak M. Solanki, Pramod B. Verma, B. B. Rewari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
pre-treatment attrition
initial default
SORT IT
operational research
mHealth
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1438239

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1438239

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