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Mobile phones: good for your health?

Posted by: Anthony Huszar, Public health doctor & health economist, Posted on: 23 September 2014 - Categories: Africa, Development Debates, Health, Technology
Community health workers being trained in Efaye clinic, KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Anthony Huszar

Over the past decade, the mobile phone has changed the way I live my life – from connecting me to friends, to being able to access a world of information while on the move. In August 2014, South Africa’s Minister …

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