Willingness to pay for an mHealth anti-retroviral therapy adherence and information tool: Transitioning to sustainability, Call for life randomised study experience in Uganda.

Introduction: Evidence shows benefit of digital technology for people living with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy adherence and retention in care, however, scalability and sustainability have scarcely been evaluated. We assessed participants' willingness to pay a fee for mHealth "Call for life Uganda" support, a mobile-phone based tool with the objective to assess sustainability and scalability.

Methods: "Call for Life study", approved by Makerere University, School of Public Health research & ethics committee, at 2 sites in Uganda, evaluated a MoTech based software "CONNECT FOR LIFE™" mHealth tool termed "Call for life Uganda".

Strategies for sustainability and equity of prepayment health schemes in Uganda.

Background: Despite the long existence of community health insurance schemes (CHI) in Uganda, their numbers and coverage levels have remained small with limited accessibility by the poor.

Objectives: To examine issues of equity and sustainability in CHI schemes, which are prerequisites to health sector financing.

Methods: We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study employing qualitative techniques.