%0 Journal Article %T A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Usefulness of Mobile Text Phone Messages to Improve the Quality of Care of HIV and AIDS Patients in Cameroon %A Dickson Shey Nsagha %A Elvis Asangbeng Tanue %A Innocent Lange %A Jules Clement Nguedia Assob %A Peter Nde Fon %J Archive of "The Open AIDS Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.2174/1874613601610010093 %X HIV and AIDS are major public health problems in the world and Africa. In Cameroon, the HIV prevalence is 5.1%. Cellphones have been found to be useful in the provision of modern health care services using short message services (SMS). This study assessed the effectiveness of SMS in improving the adherence of people living with HIV and AIDS to their treatment and care in Cameroon %K Adherence %K AIDS %K Antiretroviral %K Cameroon %K Cellphone message %K Defaulting %K HIV %K Treatment %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985057/