Barriers and Facilitators to the implementation and scale-up of a mHealth integrated care program for diabetes and hypertension in Ghana: a qualitative study of the Akoma Pa program
Integrated mHealth programs such as Akoma Pa hold promise for strengthening chronic disease management in low-resource settings. Addressing infrastructural and long-term funding barriers is critical to sustaining and scaling these interventions. Findings offer insights to inform future digital health policy and program design in sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors
- Cornelia Henschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2330)
- Verena Struckmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0162-884X)
- Wilm Quentin
- Anthony Kwaku Edusei
- Paulina Afia Gyinae Wilberforce
- Daniel Opoku
- Daniel Boateng
- Luise Struss
Institutions
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- German open Business School (DE)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- University of Bayreuth (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14175-0
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00