Potential Reach of mHealth Versus Traditional Mass Media for Prevention of Chronic Diseases: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey in a Middle-Income Country in Africa
Potential Reach of mHealth Versus Traditional Mass Media for Prevention of Chronic Diseases: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey in a Middle-Income Country in Africa
Maryam Yepes
1, 2
, RD, PhD ;
Jürgen Maurer
2
, PhD ;
Barathi Viswanathan
3
, RN ;
Jude Gedeon
3
, MD ;
Pascal Bovet
1, 3
, MPH, MD
1
University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Department of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2
Departments of Econometrics and Political Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
3
Ministry of Health, Public Health Department, Victoria, Seychelles
Corresponding Author:
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Pascal Bovet, MPH, MD
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University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP)
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Department of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital
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University of Lausanne
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Route de la Corniche 10
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Lausanne
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Switzerland
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Phone:
41 +41 21 314 7272
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Fax: 41 + 41 21 314 737
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Email: pascal.bovet@chuv.ch