Published on in Vol 12 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44066, first published .
Adoption of mHealth Technologies by Community Health Workers to Improve the Use of Maternal Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Method Systematic Review

Adoption of mHealth Technologies by Community Health Workers to Improve the Use of Maternal Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Method Systematic Review

Adoption of mHealth Technologies by Community Health Workers to Improve the Use of Maternal Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Method Systematic Review

Chiyembekezo Kachimanga   1, 2 , MBBS, MPhil ;   Titus H Divala   3 , PhD ;   Johannes C F Ket   1 ;   Alexandra V Kulinkina   2, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Haules R Zaniku   3, 6 , BSc ;   Joia Murkherjee   7 , MD, MPH ;   Daniel Palazuelos   7 , MD, MPH ;   Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde   8, 9 , MD, PhD ;   Thomas van den Akker   1 , PhD

1 Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2 Clinical Department, Partners In Health Malawi, Neno, Malawi

3 School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

4 Swiss Center for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

5 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

6 Neno District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Neno, Malawi

7 Community Health Department, Partners In Health, Boston, MA, United States

8 Women's College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, MBBS, MPhil
  • Clinical Department
  • Partners In Health Malawi
  • Post Office Box 56
  • Neno, 265
  • Malawi
  • Phone: 265 887247777
  • Email: c.kachimanga@vu.nl