Can SMS Messages Improve Private Provider Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Ghana

In by Cate Urban

Can SMS Messages Improve Private Provider Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Ghana

ORGANIZATION
USAID

YEAR PUBLISHED
2014

DESCRIPTION

This study evaluated a mobile phone message-based intervention to promote appropriate treatment of pediatric diarrhea among drug sellers in Ghana. The results of the randomized controlled trial show that text messages improved providers’ knowledge of appropriate treatments but not their actual practices.