TY - JOUR AU - Opoku, Daniel AU - Stephani, Victor AU - Quentin, Wilm PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/06 TI - A realist review of mobile phone-based health interventions for non-communicable disease management in sub-Saharan Africa JO - BMC Medicine SP - 24 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, the use of mobile phones is rising, expanding the opportunities for the implementation of mobile phone-based health (mHealth) interventions. This review aims to understand how, why, for whom, and in what circumstances mHealth interventions against NCDs improve treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0782-z DO - 10.1186/s12916-017-0782-z ID - Opoku2017 ER -