Assessing the Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions for Diabetes and Hypertension Management in Africa: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pearl Aovare   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Kasim Abdulai   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Amos Laar   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Eva L van der Linden   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Nicolaas Moens   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Edo Richard   ^{6, 7 *} , PhD ;   Eric P Moll van Charante   ^{1, 8 *} , MD, PhD ;   Charles Agyemang   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Public & Occupational Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Cape Coast, Cape coast, Ghana

³ Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

⁴ Department of Vascular Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Economics, eHealth, and Digital Transformation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁷ Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

⁸ Department of General Practice, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

*all authors contributed equally