Region:
Africa & Middle East
Country:
South Africa Partners:
SIMpill;
Western Cape Provincial Department of Health;
Activities:
In order to improve compliance in TB and HIV/AIDS treatment, a pill bottle was developed that automatically delivers a message to a central server when opened. Should no message be received the server automatically sends a reminder by SMS, first to the patient and thereafter to different levels of care givers. The project was piloted in 2006/07 in South Africa.
Further reading:
Barclay, E. 2009, Text Messages Could Hasten Tuberculosis Drug Compliance, The Lancet, vol. 373, no. 9657, pp. 15-16
SIMpill 2008, The SIMpill Medication Adherence Solution
Tellumat 2007, SIMpill Solution for TB, Press Release, 2 Mar. 2007
Planting, S. 2007, SIMpill Solution for TB, Financial Mail South Africa, 2 Mar. 2007
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