Published on in Vol 10, No 3 (2022): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29407, first published .
Reaching Patients With Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Tanzania Using Mobile Devices and Community Trust: Qualitative Study

Reaching Patients With Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Tanzania Using Mobile Devices and Community Trust: Qualitative Study

Reaching Patients With Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Tanzania Using Mobile Devices and Community Trust: Qualitative Study

Ayano Miyashita   1 , MSc ;   Keiko Nakamura   1 , MD, PhD ;   Mayumi Ohnishi   2 , RN, MPH, PhD ;   Deogratius Bintabara   1, 3 , MD, PhD ;   Festo K Shayo   1 , MD, MSc, PhD ;   Isaac I Maro   1, 4 , MD, MPH, PhD ;   Hideko Sato   1 , RN, MPH ;   Kaoruko Seino   1 , MSc, PhD ;   Stephen Kibusi   3 , MPH, PhD

1 Department of Global Health Entrepreneurship, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

2 Department of Community-Based Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

3 College of Health Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, United Republic of Tanzania

4 The Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Corresponding Author:

  • Keiko Nakamura, MD, PhD
  • Department of Global Health Entrepreneurship
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku
  • Tokyo, 113-8519
  • Japan
  • Phone: 81 3-5803-4048
  • Fax: 81 3-5803-4034
  • Email: nakamura.ith@tmd.ac.jp