Bulletin of the World Health Organization

E-health in low- and middle-income countries: findings from the Center for Health Market Innovations

Trevor Lewis, Christina Synowiec, Gina Lagomarsino & Julian Schweitzer

Volume 90, Number 5, May 2012, 332-340

Table 1. Technology-enabled programmes, by type of device

Device Programmes
No. %a
Phone 125 71
Computer 68 39
Camera [video/photo] 13 7
PDAs/tablets 11 6
GPS 9 5
Remote diagnostic tool 8 5
Smartcard 6 3
Unique identification 5 3
Radio 5 3
Other 14 8

GPS, global positioning system; PDA, personal digital assistant.

a Represents the percentage among all technology-enabled programmes.

Source: Center for Health Market Innovations.