DEVELOPMENT REPORT - In Developing World, Health Services May Be Just a Phone Call Away

In South Africa, a campaign of text messages about H.I.V. led to a large increase in calls to the national AIDS helpline. And a program in Peru sends text messages to patients with H.I.V., reminding them to take their medicines.

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