MDOT Mobile Direct Observation Treatment for TB Patients

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Kenya
Partners: 
Danya;
Mbaghati District Hopsital;
CDC;
Safaricom Ltd.;
Nokia Siemens Networks;
Mediae;
Voxiva;
EPOS Health Consultants;
Activities: 

The purpose of this pilot study from 2009 was to assess feasibility and acceptability among healthcare workers and patients in using video-enabled mobile telephones to monitor patient adherence to TB medication, as well as to assess patient response to having both text and video health messages sent to them via the mobile phone.

Further reading: 

Hoffman, J. et al. 2009, Mobile Direct Observation Treatment (MDOT) of Tuberculosis Patients Pilot Feasibility Study in Nairobi, Kenya, Danya International Inc., 2 Mar. 2009

PRNewswire 2009, Pilot Study Using Video Cell Phones for Mobile Direct Observation Treatment (MDOT) to Monitor Medication Compliance of TB Patients, redOrbit, 23 Mar. 2009

[added April 2009]

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