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Long awaited proof that mobile phone technology can be used by healthcare workers to save lives in Africa has finally been published.

Findings from the first scientific trial on the link between mobile phones and HIV treatment outcomes - conducted in Kenya by scientists from Canada, Kenya and the United States - are reported in The Lancet this week (9 November).

So far there has been limited field data about the use of mobile health technologies to improve patient outcomes in developing countries - and there are no published clinical trials.

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