Saving Lives through Technology : Mobile Phones and Infant Mortality

Saving Lives through Technology : Mobile Phones and Infant Mortality

Digital technologies can expand access to health services to underserved populations. This paper leverages mobile network expansion and survey data spanning two decades to study the impact of access to mobile phones on infant mortality in Africa. U...

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Main Authors: Mensah, Justice Tei, Tafere, Kibrom, Abay, Kibrom A.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ACCESS
MOBILE NETWORK EXPANSION
HEALTH ACCESS
INFANT MORTALITY REDUCTION
INFANT MORTALITY DATA
ACCESS TO MEDICINE
HEALTH INTERVENTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/394931647888314925/Saving-Lives-through-Technology-Mobile-Phones-and-Infant-Mortality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37200

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