Design Principles for mHealth Application Development in Rural Parts of Developing Countries: The Case of Noncommunicable Diseases in Kenya

In this article, we first derive design principles for mHealth application development rural parts of developing countries based on scientific literature and field studies. The are then instantiated in a science project focused treating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) Kenya. Designing implementing mobile health (mHealth) applications is difficult task, even more so when done domains such as or low-resource communities. resulting assists community workers (CHWs) the recording diabetic hypertensive patients’ vital measurements. Additionally, in-person disease support communities patients CHWs were formed, enhanced by an SMS-based messaging feature to assist increasing health-seeking behavior. study's contribution both functioning collaborative socio-technical well instantiation designing countries.